Found 2 items, similar to Sunk.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sunk
sunk
adj : doomed to extinction [syn:
done for(p),
ruined,
undone,
washed-up]
sink
n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall
or floor and having a drainpipe
2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy
or a substance from a system;
“the ocean is a sink for
carbon dioxide” [ant:
source]
3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean
passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution
or by collapse of a cavern roof [syn:
sinkhole,
swallow hole
]
4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
cesspool,
cesspit,
sump]
v 1: fall or drop to a lower place or level;
“He sank to his
knees” [syn:
drop,
drop down]
2: cause to sink;
“The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl
Harbor”
3: pass into a specified state or condition;
“He sank into
Nirvana” [syn:
pass,
lapse]
4: go under,
“The raft sank and its occupants drowned” [syn:
settle,
go down,
go under] [ant:
float]
5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;
“He
sank into bed”;
“She subsided into the chair” [syn:
subside]
6: appear to move downward;
“The sun dipped below the horizon”;
“The setting sun sank below the tree line” [syn:
dip]
7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;
“The real estate
market fell off” [syn:
slump,
fall off]
8: fall or sink heavily;
“He slumped onto the couch”;
“My
spirits sank” [syn:
slump,
slide down]
9: embed deeply;
“She sank her fingers into the soft sand”;
“He
buried his head in her lap” [syn:
bury]
[also:
sunken,
sunk,
sank]
sunk
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sink
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sunk
Sink
\Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp.
Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or
(
Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); 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.
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I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.
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2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.
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The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.
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3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix. 44.
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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.
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix.
24.
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Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.
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5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
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Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
decrease; lessen.
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Sink
\Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp.
Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or
(
Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); 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.
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I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.
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2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.
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The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.
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3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix. 44.
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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.
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix.
24.
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Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.
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5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
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Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
decrease; lessen.
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Sunk
\Sunk\,
imp. & p. p. of
Sink.
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Sunk fence, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide
lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.
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