sunken
Because it is a word with a single syllable, sunken is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsunken
- (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- To conceal and appropriate.
- To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- To pay absolutely.
Example: "I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project."
- To reduce or extinguish by payment.
Example: "to sink the national debt"
- To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
Example: "The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet"
- (of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
Example: "She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes."
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