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sunken |
3 definitions found 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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