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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sunk en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of sink
    form of sink
  2. (dialectal, form-of, past) past of sink
    form of sink
    • He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. 1727, Jonathan Swift, “Desire and Possession”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC:
    • Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported for ever; it sunk within a few days into a calmer melancholy; […] 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 196:

Deriveds

unsunk

Relateds

sank