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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sink \Sink\, v. i. [imp. {Sunk}, or ({Sank}); p. p. {Sunk} (obs.
{Sunken}, -- now used as adj.); p. pr & vb n. {Sinking}.]
[OE. sinken, AS sincan; akin to D. zinken OS sincan, G.
sinken, Icel. s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw sjunka Goth.
siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf {Silt}.]
1. 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.
I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.
2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.
The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.
3. Hence to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.
Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix 44.
4. 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.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix
24.
Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.
5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.
The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him --Addison.
Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline decay;
decrease; lessen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunken \Sunk"en\, a.
Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sunken
adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken
look" [syn: {deep-set}, {recessed}]
2: under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water; "sunken
treasure"; "a sunken ship" [syn: {submerged}] [ant: {afloat(p)},
{aground(p)}]
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