"sunken" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsʌŋkən/ Audio: en-us-sunken.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkən Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sunken (not comparable)
  1. caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged Tags: not-comparable Translations (depressed or submerged): потопен (potopen) (Bulgarian), потънал (potǎnal) (Bulgarian), uponnut (Finnish), upoksissa oleva (Finnish), ჩაძირული (čaʒiruli) (Georgian), gesunken (German), versunken (German), βυθισμένος (vythisménos) (Greek), summersus (Latin), മുങ്ങിയ (muṅṅiya) (Malayalam), mōroto (Maori), scufundat (Romanian), afundat (Romanian), затону́вший (zatonúvšij) (Russian), зато́пленный (zatóplennyj) (english: deliberately) (Russian), nedsjunken (Swedish), suddedig (Welsh), tanddwr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sunken-en-adj-P7qKU7VU Disambiguation of 'depressed or submerged': 89 11
  2. (of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of eyes or cheeks seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face.): хлътнал (hlǎtnal) (Bulgarian), eingefallen (German), mōroto (Maori), впалый (vpalyj) [masculine] (Russian), insjunken (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sunken-en-adj-g0GrZDwC Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 49 36 Disambiguation of 'of eyes or cheeks seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face.': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aviator sunglasses, Irish sunglasses, pair of sunglasses

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌŋkən/ Audio: en-us-sunken.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkən Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sunken
  1. (archaic) past participle of sink Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: sink
    Sense id: en-sunken-en-verb-~Cp4EUKA Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 22 33 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 33 47

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