Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preterit and the past participle of sink.
- noun A cushion of straw; a grassy seat.
- noun A pack-saddle stuffed with straw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
sink . - a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.
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- verb Past participle of
sink
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective doomed to extinction
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Examples
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Even before his marriage, Lionel was made Earl of Ulster, a title sunk after 1362 in the novel dignity of the duchy of Clarence.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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Palin sunk John McCain's ship and she will do the same for the GOP.
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The satisfied torpor in which they are sunk is the deadly inertia that precedes dissolution.
THOSE ON THE EDGE 2010
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Knightley proceeds to enumerate Miss Bates's misfortunes: She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.
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She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.
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She has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.
Boxing Emma; or the Readers Dilemma at the Box Hill Games 2000
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Lovelace sat down on a chair, straddle-wise, his arms over the back, and his chin sunk in his hands.
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Yet the little man was plainly unhappy, and fell to pacing to and fro, his chin sunk low on his breast, and his hands clasped behind his back.
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To any one who sees me from without, I am only a dirt-eating worm, a grub in the ground, but I know that above this dark earth-place in which I am sunk is the green grass – and beyond the green grass, the sun and sky.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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The satisfied torpor in which they are sunk is the deadly inertia that precedes dissolution.
Those on the Edge 1903
bilby commented on the word sunk
-unk words have such a satisfying sound.
October 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word sunk
Agreed. See unk-unk.
October 2, 2008