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sunken

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sunk·en  (sngkn)
v. Obsolete
A past participle of sink.
adj.
1. Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed: sunken cheeks.
2. Situated beneath the surface of the water or ground; submerged: a sunken reef.
3. Below a surrounding level: a sunken meadow.

sunken [ˈsʌŋkən]
vb
a past participle of sink
adj
1. (Medicine) unhealthily hollow sunken cheeks
2. situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one
3. situated under water; submerged
4. depressed; low sunken spirits
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sunken - having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
hollow - not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"

sunken
adjective
1. submerged, immersed, submersed Try diving for sunken treasure.
2. lowered, buried, depressed, recessed, below ground, at a lower level Steps led down to the sunken bath.
3. hollow, drawn, haggard, hollowed, concave an elderly man with sunken cheeks
Translations
sunken [ˈsʌŋkən] ADJ
1. (liter) (= submerged) [ship, treasure] → hundido
2. (= hollow) [cheeks, eyes] → hundido
3. (= low) [garden, road, bath] → que está a un nivel inferior or más bajo
sunken [ˈsʌŋkən] adj
[ship] → coulé(e); [treasure] → englouti(e)
[cheeks] → creux/euse; [eyes] → enfoncé(e)
[bath] → encastré(e) dans le sol; [garden] → en contrebas
sun lamp sunlamp [ˈsʌnlæmp] nlampe f à bronzer
sunken
adj wreck, shipgesunken, versunken; treasureversunken; gardenabgesenkt; batheingelassen; cheekseingefallen, hohl; eyeseingesunken
sunken [ˈsʌŋkn] adj (ship) → affondato/a; (eyes, cheeks) → infossato/a; (bath) → incassato/a
sunken [ˈsʌŋkn] adj (ship) → affondato/a; (eyes, cheeks) → infossato/a; (bath) → incassato/a


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In evening's limpid air, What time the moon's sickle, Green, 'twixt the purple-glowings, And jealous, steal'th forth: --Of day the foe, With every step in secret, The rosy garland-hammocks Downsickling, till they've sunken Down nightwards, faded, downsunken:--
And, after many, many years, a new grave was delved, near an old and sunken one, in that burial-ground beside which King's Chapel has since been built.
His sunken eyes glittered and his wrinkled lips moved over toothless gums as he mumbled weird incantations to the demons of his cult.
 
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