Definitions for sunk

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sunk sunk

Spelling: [suhngk]

IPA: /sʌŋk/

Sunk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in sunk (knsu).

Definitions for sunk

noun

1. a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
2. a low-lying, poorly drained area where waters collect and sink into the ground or evaporate.
3. sinkhole (def 2).
4. a place of vice or corruption.
5. a drain or sewer.
6. a device or place for disposing of energy within a system, as a power-consuming device in an electrical circuit or a condenser in a steam engine.
7. any pond or pit for sewage or waste, as a cesspool or a pool for industrial wastes.
8. any natural process by which contaminants are removed from the atmosphere.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of sink.

Idioms

1. sink one's teeth into, to bite deeply or vigorously. to do or enter into with great enthusiasm, concentration, conviction, etc.:

adjective

1. Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up:
2. Nautical. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to become submerged or enveloped; force into or below the surface; cause to plunge in or down:
2. to cause to fall, drop, or descend gradually.
3. to cause to penetrate:
4. to lower or depress the level of:
5. to bury, plant, or lay (a pipe, conduit, etc.) into or as if into the ground.
6. to dig, bore, or excavate (a hole, shaft, well, etc.).
7. to bring to a worse or lower state or status.
8. to bring to utter ruin or collapse:
9. to reduce in amount, extent, intensity, etc.
10. to lower in volume, tone, or pitch.
11. to suppress; ignore; omit.
12. to invest in the hope of making a profit or gaining some other return:
13. to lose (money) in an unfortunate investment, enterprise, etc.
14. Sports. to throw, shoot, hit, or propel (a ball) so that it goes through or into the basket, hole, pocket, etc.: to execute (a stroke or throw) so that the ball goes through or into the basket, hole, pocket, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into):
2. to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level:
3. to settle or fall gradually, as a heavy structure:
4. to fall or collapse slowly from weakness, fatigue, distress, etc.:
5. to slope downward; dip:
6. to go down toward or below the horizon:
7. to penetrate, permeate, or seep (usually followed by in or into):
8. to become engulfed or absorbed in or gradually to enter a state (usually followed by in or into):
9. to be or become deeply absorbed or involved in a mood or mental state (usually followed by in or into):
10. to pass or fall into some lower state, as of fortune, estimation, etc.; degenerate:
11. to decline or deteriorate in quality or worth.
12. to fail in physical strength or health.
13. to decrease in amount, extent, intensity, etc.:
14. to become lower in volume, tone, or pitch:
15. to enter or permeate the mind; become known or understood (usually followed by in or into):
16. to become concave; become hollow, as the cheeks.
17. to drop or fall gradually into a lower position:

Origin of sunk

1925-30 for def 2

Examples for sunk

I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.

Is it not most pitiful to see a human being, made in the image of God, sunk so low?

First-time unemployment claims have sunk to levels not seen since 2008.

We sunk many guns in the lake; and as for the powder, that had taken care of itself.

I returned stoutly; for I had, of course, sunk the Isthmus of Panama beneath the sea.

sunk Kathryn Miles, Outside, February 11 The incredible truth about a ship that never should have sailed.

One time he stood on the dock of a ship and sunk the ship just to feel what it was like to be on a sinking ship.

And my beloved Zimbabwe has sunk from a promising beacon into an abyss of greed and dictatorship.

She found her at last, in her hiding-place behind the bed, sunk in deep dejection.

By then, a Marine mindset had sunk deep in me, whereas they seemed vulnerable, and understandably so.