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Adjective: sunk  súngk
  1. [informal] Ruined or doomed; without hope
    "After the scandal, his political career was sunk";
    - done for [informal], undone
     
  2. (nautical) having gone down below the surface of water
    "The sunk vessel lay at the bottom of the harbour"
Verb: sink (sank,sunk)  singk
  1. (of a ship etc.) go under water
    "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";
    - settle, go down, go under
     
  2. Fall or descend to a lower place or level
    "He sank to his knees";
    - drop, drop down
     
  3. Cause to sink
    "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
     
  4. Pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
    "He sank into nirvana";
    - pass, lapse
     
  5. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
    "He sank into bed";
    - subside
     
  6. Appear to move downward
    "The setting sun sank below the tree line";
    - dip
     
  7. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
    "The real estate market sank";
    - slump, fall off
     
  8. Fall or drop heavily into a seated or reclined position
    "He sank onto the couch";
    - slump
     
  9. Embed deeply
    "She sank her fingers into the soft sand";
    - bury
     
  10. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
    "the temperature sank at night";
    - decrease, diminish, lessen, fall, come down, go down, dent
     
  11. Invest or spend a large amount of money, typically with the implication that it may not be recovered
    "They sank millions into the failed project"

See also: travel, unsuccessful

Type of: break, cave in, change magnitude, change posture, collapse, come down, decline, descend, displace, drop, embed, engraft, fall in, founder, give, give way, go down, imbed, implant, move, plant

Encyclopedia: Sunk

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