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sunken

[suhng-kuhn]

adjective

  1. having sunk or been sunk beneath the surface; submerged.

  2. having settled to a lower level, as walls.

  3. situated or lying on a lower level.

    a sunken living room.

  4. hollow; depressed.

    sunken cheeks.



verb

  1. Obsolete.a past participle of sink.

sunken

/ ˈʌŋə /

verb

  1. a past participle of sink

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. unhealthily hollow

    sunken cheeks

  2. situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one

  3. situated under water; submerged

  4. depressed; low

    sunken spirits

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • half-sunken adjective
  • unsunken adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sunken1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, past participle of sinken to sink
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Example Sentences

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Paramedics who came to the house describe Ethan as being emaciated with a sunken chest and found he was bruised and bleeding.

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Somewhere in a sunken kitchen, copper pans still hang above the range.

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Los Angeles developer Wayne Ratkovich embarked on an ambitious makeover that included removing the roof of the mall and cutting out much of the main floor to create a sunken, sunlight-filled public plaza.

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Two more M88A2 Hercules, plus bulldozers were needed to drag the sunken vehicle out of the swamp on Monday, in a recovery mission that saw teams working "day and night", the statement said.

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US Navy divers were brought in to hook cables onto the sunken vehicle, and had to manoeuvre "through thick layers of mud, clay, and sediment with zero visibility", the statement said.

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