Definitions for sunk
sʌŋksunk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. done for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-upadjective

   doomed to extinction

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sunkthe preterite and participle passive of sink.

   We have large caves: the deepest are sunk six hundred fathom, and some digged and made under great hills. Francis Bacon.

   Thus we act and thus we are,
   Or toss’d by hope or sunk by care. Matthew Prior.

   Sunk in Thalestris’ arms the nymph he found. Alexander Pope.

   His spirit quite sunk with those reflections that solitude and disappointments bring, he is utterly undistinguished and forgotten. Jonathan Swift.

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1. sunk

   In a general context, "sunk" typically refers to the past tense of 'sink', meaning having descended or moved below the surface or to the bottom space, especially within a liquid substance like water. Additionally, in an economic context, "sunk" can refer to sunk cost, implying costs that have already been incurred and cannot be retrieved or recovered.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sunk

   of Sink

2. Sunk

   of Sink

3. Sunk

   imp. & p. p. of Sink

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sunk

   sungk, Sunken, sungk′n, pa.p. of sink.

Anagrams for sunk »

1. skun

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunk in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sunk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of sunk in a Sentence

1. Maksim Chmerkovskiy:

   I felt really bad going, and the feeling sunk in even worse because when I got to the train station, I realized it was all women and children, i'm too big, and I'm taking up space, so I had put myself between trains. I literally moved out of the area where people would've all been and that's the footage that was shown.

2. Sterne:

   How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!

3. Briton Craig Heppinstall:

   Absolutely can't believe it, I just can't, still hasn't sunk in really.

4. Shannon Hartsfield:

   We're counting on the court seeing it our way, or we're sunk.

5. Abby Wambach:

   I can't tell you what it means to be a world champion, to win a World Cup, because obviously it hasn't really sunk in. ... I can't believe it. I am going to soak it up.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sunk
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sunk
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunk
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sunk