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sunk [sʌŋk] VB

sunk pp of:

See also sink

I . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] N

II . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB intr

1. sink (in water):

2. sink price, level:

III . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB trans

1. sink (cause to submerge):

2. sink MIN:

I . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] N

II . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB intr

1. sink (in water):

2. sink price, level:

III . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB trans

1. sink (cause to submerge):

2. sink MIN:

sink in VB intr (be understood)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Over time, as humans evolved, this eye atrophied and sunk into what today is known as the pineal gland.
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Only in the burial chamber was a sarcophagus sunk into the floor.
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Seven days later, she sank another important target, a merchant tanker, and the same day damaged another tanker later sunk by one of her sisters.
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Between 1820-1828 a small coal pit was sunk and marked the beginnings of the community, as it is known today.
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Although the well was a small producer, it pumped steadily for three years, and during that time period about three hundred more wells were sunk.
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These transports, called lejdtrafiken, the safe conduct traffic, were monitored by both powers, and ten of them were sunk during the war.
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After having sunk the target being protected by the surface screen, the submarine turned on the surface warships and sank each of them as well.
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They were lucky that (the tinny) broke away when the boat sunk, because that gave them floatation.
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Once bedrock was reached a flat area was quarried out and long anchor bolts were sunk into the rock below.
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It lasted seven minutes and left two ships and a U-boat sunk.
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