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Plummet

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Plummet' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Plummet crossword clue was last seen on December 28 2023 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%SINKPlummetWall Street Journal
20%FELLPlummetedWall Street Journal
20%DROPSLIKEASTONEPlummets precipitouslyNew York Times

Definition

• To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.
• To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
• Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
• To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
• To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
• To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
• Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
• To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
• To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
• To conseal and appropriate.
• To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
• To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
• A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
• A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
• A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.

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