Reverse Dictionary: SINK (descend)

ADJECTIVES
► DECIDUOUS sinking, declining → 1791 obs.

NOUNS
► IMMERGENCE the act of plunging or sinking into anything → 1859

VERBS
► BESENCH to cause to sink, to submerge, to plunge down, to overwhelm → 971 obs.
► BESINK to sink, to fall down through any substance → c893 obs.
► BOG DOWN to sink in or as in a bog → Aust. sl.
► DECLINE to come down, to fall, to descend, to sink → a1400-50 obs.
► IMMERGE to plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink → 1706
► LAGGER to sink in soft, miry or muddy ground; to be encumbered by walking through mire, snow, or the like → 1710 Sc.
► LAIR ► LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog; to become bogged; to stick fast in soft ground, mud, snow, or the like → a1572
► MUSH to sink in or into a soft surface → 1948
► QUAT to sink, to subside → a1722 obs.
► SAB to subside or sink; to sag → 18C Sc. obs.
► SAD to make dense and compact; to compress, to press down, to solidify by hammering; to cause to sink or settle down → 1736 Sc.
► SILE to fall or sink down → a1400-50 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
► SUBSIDATE to sink in → 1653 obs.
► SYE to sink, to fall, to descend; to collapse → 888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.