sinking

> sink
(transitive or intransitive verb)
(sinking, sank or sunk, past part sunk) to go under the surface or to the bottom (of a liquid); to submerge in water; to go down slowly; (wind) to subside; to pass to a lower state; to droop, to decline; to grow weaker; to become hollow; to lower, to degrade; to cause to sink; to make by digging out; to invest; (with in) to penetrate; to thrust into; (inf.) to be understood in full.

> sink
(noun)
a basin with an outflow pipe, usually in a kitchen; a cesspool; an area of sunken land.

> sinking
(noun)