Definitions for sunk

Overview of verb sink

The verb sink has 9 senses? (first 9 from tagged texts)

1. (8) sink, drop, drop down

(fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees")

2. (5) sink

(cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor")

3. (4) sink, pass, lapse

(pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")

4. (3) sink, settle, go down, go under

(go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned")

5. (3) sink, subside

(descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair")

6. (2) dip, sink

(appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line")

7. (2) slump, fall off, sink

(fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off")

8. (1) slump, slide down, sink

(fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank")

9. (1) bury, sink

(embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap")

Overview of adj sunk

The adj sunk has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up

(doomed to extinction)