Sunk
vverb.motionfall or descend to a lower place or levelSynset:drop drop down sink
Derivationally Related Form:drop
Hypernyms:change posture
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkchange posturechange
Direct Hyponyms:droopdrop openfall openflagsagsag downswag
Full Troponyms:bagdrop opensagslump
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.motioncause to sinkExamples:- The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkmove
Direct Hyponyms:settle
Causes:go down go under settle sink
Full Troponyms:settle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | The men --- the boat (apply to: sink)
vverb.motionpass into a specified state or conditionSynset:lapse pass sink
Derivationally Related Form:passage
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkmovechange
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motiongo underSynset:go down go under settle sink
Examples:- The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Antonyms:float
Derivationally Related Form:sinkersinking
Hypernyms:come down descend fall go down
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkdescendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:foundersettlesubmergesubmersesubside
Full Troponyms:belly-flopdivedrownfounderjackknifesubmergesubside
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | They --- (apply to: sink)
vverb.motiondescend into or as if into some soft substance or placeSynset:sink subside
Examples:- He sank into bed
- She subsided into the chair
Hypernyms:come down descend fall go down
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkdescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.motionappear to move downwardSynset:dip sink
Examples:- The sun dipped below the horizon
- The setting sun sank below the tree line
Hypernyms:decline
Inherited Hypernyms:dipdeclinedropdescendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:subside
Full Troponyms:subside
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | The moon will soon --- (apply to: dip)
vverb.changefall heavily or suddenly; decline markedlySynset:fall off sink slump
Examples:- The real estate market fell off
Derivationally Related Form:slumpfalloff
Hypernyms:drop
Inherited Hypernyms:slumpdropdeclinedecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The stock market is going to --- (apply to: fall off, slump)
vverb.motionfall or sink heavilySynset:sink slide down slump
Examples:- He slumped onto the couch
- My spirits sank
Hypernyms:break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way
Inherited Hypernyms:slumpcollapsechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactembed deeplySynset:bury sink
Examples:- She sank her fingers into the soft sand
- He buried his head in her lap
Hypernyms:embed engraft imbed implant plant
Inherited Hypernyms:buryimplantinsertattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:countersinkset
Full Troponyms:set
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
adj satadj.alldoomed to extinctionSynset:done for ruined undone washed-up
Antonyms:successful
Inherited Hypernyms:done for
Similar to:unsuccessful