sunken
part of speech
adjective (sunken); old past participle of sink
meaning for a pupil
1) Sunken means lying at the bottom of the sea, a lake or a river after sinking: a sunken ship, sunken treasure. tree →
2) Sunken means lower than the area around it: a sunken garden, a sunken bath. tree →
3) Sunken eyes or cheeks look hollow and fallen in, often because a person is ill, hungry or very tired. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and history it appears with shipwrecks, pirates and treasure. In everyday life and design it describes gardens and rooms built lower. In health, sunken eyes can be a sign of dehydration. Phrases: "sunken ship", "sunken treasure", "sunken eyes", "sunken garden".
examples
- Divers explored the sunken ship. tree →
- Pirates dreamed of sunken treasure. tree →
- The sunken garden was three steps below the lawn. tree →
- After the long illness, his cheeks were sunken. tree →
- Sunken eyes can be a sign that you need to drink water. tree →
- A sunken road ran between the high banks. tree →
- The Mary Rose was a sunken Tudor warship raised in 1982. tree →
- But, from his earliest remembrance, Aethra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss-grown rock, which was deeply sunken into the earth. tree →
note
Grammar: today the past participle of "sink" is usually "sunk" ("The ship has sunk"), but before a noun we use "sunken" ("a sunken ship"). Past simple is "sank". Do not say "the ship has sunken".
Trees and pragmatics
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