In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUNKEN
sunken, deep-set, recessed
(adjective) having a sunken area; “hunger gave their faces a sunken look”
SINK
slump, fall off, sink
(verb) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; “The real estate market fell off”
bury, sink
(verb) embed deeply; “She sank her fingers into the soft sand”; “He buried his head in her lap”
sink, subside
(verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; “He sank into bed”; “She subsided into the chair”
sink, pass, lapse
(verb) pass into a specified state or condition; “He sank into nirvana”
sink, drop, drop down
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level; “He sank to his knees”
sink
(verb) cause to sink; “The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor”
slump, slide down, sink
(verb) fall or sink heavily; “He slumped onto the couch”; “My spirits sank”
sink, settle, go down, go under
(verb) go under; “The raft sank and its occupants drowned”
dip, sink
(verb) appear to move downward; “The sun dipped below the horizon”; “The setting sun sank below the tree line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sunken
(archaic) past participle of sink
Adjective
sunken (not comparable)
caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
(of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
Source: Wiktionary
Sunk"en, a.
Definition: Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
SINK
Sink, v. i. [imp. Sunk, or (Sank (); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] Etym: [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. sökkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2.
2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. 1 San. xvii. 49.
3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.
4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.
5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.
Syn.
– To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen.
Sink, v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.).
2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation. I raise of sink, imprison or set free. Prior. If I have a conscience, let it sink me. Shak. Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years. Rowe.
3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. You sunk the river repeated draughts. Addison.
5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. Swift.
6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.
7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
Sink, n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.] Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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