sunk

sunk
I. past and past participle of sink II. adjective Date: 1719 1. depressed in spirits 2. done for, ruined

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  • Sunk — Sunk, imp. & p. p. of {Sink}. [1913 Webster] {Sunk fence}, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha ha. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sunk|en — «SUHNG kuhn», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. that has sunk in water: »a sunken ship. 2. submerged; under water: »a sunken rock. 3. situated below the general level: »a sunken living room, a sunken garden. 4. fa …   Useful english dictionary

  • sunk — [sʌŋk] the past tense and past participle of ↑sink 1 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sunk — the past tense and past participle of sink1 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sunk — [suŋk] vi., vt. pp. & alt. pt. of SINK adj. 1. SUNKEN 2. Informal utterly ruined; undone …   English World dictionary

  • Sunk — Sink Sink (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[ o]kkva, Dan …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sunk — Sink Sink (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[ o]kkva, Dan …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sunk — [[t]sʌ̱ŋk[/t]] 1) Sunk is the past participle of sink. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ If you say that someone is sunk, you mean that they have no hope of avoiding trouble or failure. [INFORMAL] Without him we d be well and truly sunk …   English dictionary

  • sunk — coun·ter·sunk; sunk; sunk·en; …   English syllables

  • sunk — /sungk/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of sink. adj. 2. Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up: If they catch you cheating, you re really sunk. 3. Naut. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship. [1925 30… …   Universalium

  • Sunk Cost — Sunk costs (deutsch: versunkene Kosten), oft auch als irreversible Kosten bezeichnet, sind betriebswirtschaftliche Kosten, die bereits in der Vergangenheit entstanden sind, d. h. bereits zu Auszahlungen geführt haben oder deren gegenwärtiges oder …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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