sunken
sunken
Definition
sunken (suŋ′kən)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
adjective
- submerged a sunken ship
- below the level of the surrounding or adjoining area a sunken patio
- fallen in; hollow sunken cheeks
- depressed; dejected sunken spirits
sunken
Synonyms
sunken
modif.
Submerged
capsized, immersed, inundated, scuttled. Below the surrounding level
lowered, depressed, down; see under 1.
sunken
Usage Examples
Preposition: into
- ground: The pebble pool base may be sunken into the ground or in secured in a stand.
Modifies a noun
- spandrel: West wall: small rectangular window with two-centred arched light, sunken spandrels, all in gray freestone; probably re-used.
- galleon: As well as having the pearls to collect you might find a treasure chest from a sunken galleon on your travels.
- battleship: Work began on removing the remaining oil from the sunken battleship HMS Royal Oak.
- cheek: His face was pale, he had sunken cheeks; his scant beard was untidy.
- warship: The company had successfully removed oil from a sunken warship in the past.
- lane: A circular walk through the sunken lanes of the Solway Plain, starting at Burgh by Sands.
Modifying Another Word
- deeply: West of Bishops Castle it headed straight for Moat Hill and became a deeply sunken lane.
- slightly: These involve a lowering of the height by having a slightly sunken pitch.
- partially: Len suggested that I might have a partially sunken float.
- partly: Go trough and follow a partly sunken track that curves up to the right.
- somewhat: Apex somewhat sunken, more or less covered by the wool and spines from youngest areoles, however hardly completly enclosed.
- not: What to look out for Whole fresh fish will have eyes that are bright and not sunken.
Used with adjective complement
- have: Another drain has also sunken opposite the Village Hall.
