sunken

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/ˈsʌŋkən/ English

Definitions

verb

(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
To conceal and appropriate.
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

adjective

Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged“The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet”
(of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.“She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.”

Related words

Synonyms

descend go down dip dunk submerge hollow submerged drowned recessed deep-set swamped underground sinking sediment drowning shipwrecked shipwreck wreck

Associated

patio wrecks cheeks lichen meadow hearth treasure atlantis salvage lesions

Rhymes

drunken shrunken punction punkin telefunken sunk in among kin brunken bunk in chunk in

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