sunk
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- doomed to extinctionSynonyms: done for(p)ruinedundonewashed-up
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
Sunk fence, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha. [1913 Webster]