The Clue
Settled gradually (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SANK
Tags
Notes
The answer SANK is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Declined
Dropped
Foundered
Plummeted
Scuttled
Settled
Slumped
Submerged
Torpedoed
Blasted a hole in
Brought to ruin
Completed, as a putt
Dropped in the drink
Dropped, maybe
Fell gradually
Lost buoyancy
Put in the hole
Putted perfectly
Sent to the bottom
Set, as the sun
Was the ruin of
Went bankrupt
Went to the bottom
Went under
Fell prey to quicksand
Sent to the ocean floor
"Sighted sub, ___ same"
Put in the cup, as a golf ball
"Sighted sub, ___ same": Mason
Visited Davy Jones's locker
Definition
SINK as a verb:
1. (sink, drop, drop down) = fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
2. cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
3. (sink, pass, lapse) = pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
4. (sink, settle, go down, go under) = go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
5. (sink, subside) = descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
6. (dip, sink) = appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
7. (slump, fall off, sink) = fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
8. (slump, slide down, sink) = fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
9. (bury, sink) = embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"