sunken

/หˆsสŒล‹kษ™n/

IPA: /S AH1 NG K AH0 N/

verb
  1. 1

    (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

  2. 2

    (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.

  3. 3

    To conceal and appropriate.

  4. 4

    To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

  5. 5

    To pay absolutely.

    โ€œI have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.โ€

  6. 6

    To reduce or extinguish by payment.

    โ€œto sink the national debtโ€

  7. 7

    To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

  8. 8

    To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

adjective
  1. 1

    Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged

    โ€œThe sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feetโ€

  2. 2

    (of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.

    โ€œShe looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sink, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sunken