[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sink \sink\ si^ngk, v. i. imp. sunk su^ngk, or
   sank sa^ngk; 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"okkva, 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.
      1913 webster

            i sink in deep mire.                  --ps. lxix. 2.
      1913 webster

   2. to enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
      surface; to penetrate.
      1913 webster

            the stone sunk into his forehead.     --1 san. xvii.
                                                  49.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
      enter completely.
      1913 webster

            let these sayings sink down into your ears. --luke
                                                  ix. 44.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            i think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --shak.
      1913 webster

            he sunk down in his chariot.          --2 kings ix.
                                                  24.
      1913 webster

            let not the fire sink or slacken.     --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   5. to decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
      diminished in volume or in apparent height.
      1913 webster

            the alps and pyreneans sink before him. --addison.
      1913 webster

   syn: to fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
        decrease; lessen.
        1913 webster
see also:
sunk sank sunken sinking silt 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sunken \sunk"en\, a.
   lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: afloatp,
         agroundp
see also:
deep-set recessed submerged afloatp agroundp 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
source sinkhole swallow hole cesspool cesspit sump 
drop drop down pass lapse settle 
go down go under float subside dip 
slump fall off slide down bury sunken 
sunk sank 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sunken
     see sink
see also:
sink 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "sunken":
   boat-shaped, boatlike, bowl-shaped, bowllike, buried, cavelike,
   cavernous, concave, concaved, craterlike, cup-shaped, cupped,
   cymbiform, debased, depressed, dish-shaped, dished, dishing,
   dishlike, downcast, downthrown, drawn, drowned, engulfed, fallen,
   flooded, funnel-breasted, funnel-chested, funnel-shaped, haggard,
   hollow, hollowed, immersed, incurved, incurving, incurvous,
   infundibular, infundibuliform, inundated, low, lowered, navicular,
   naviform, prostrate, reduced, retiring, retreating, saucer-shaped,
   scaphoid, scyphate, settled, spoonlike, subaqueous, submarine,
   submerged, submersed, sunk, underground, undersea, underwater

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