(n.) A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
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Sunken
Definition:
() of Sink
(a.) Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
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(1) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(2) Volume enhancement was effective in most cases, there being a significant reduction in the degree of recession of the prosthesis and the depth of the unsightly sunken sulci of the upper and lower lids.
(3) The bodies, representing four separate cases of homicide, were sunken for a period of three weeks to ten months.
(4) He described how the joints of her elbows were particularly prominent and her face was sunken.
(5) Washington looked a sunken outfit in late May, a shadow of the team that roared to the playoffs in 2012, much closer to the ballclub that stumbled a season later.
(6) That is the stark situation described by marine archaeologist Sean Kingsley, who says fishing boats that use heavyweight bottom-trawling and shellfish-dredging equipment are annihilating precious artefacts and sunken ships.
(7) Afraid, dehydrated with sunken eyes, barely alive and pathetically vulnerable.
(8) Once there, they dispersed among the thorny trees looking for patches of sunken ground which suggested something lay buried beneath.
(9) Backed by a breezy 2km-long promenade, the calm water is perfect for swimming, while sunken galleons are a huge draw for scuba divers.
(10) As did last month’s story about the sunken slave ship headed for the Smithsonian.
(11) L. monocytogenes colonies were approximately 2 mm grey-green with a black sunken centre and a black halo on a cherry-red background.
(12) Lack of appetite, reduced water consumption, diarrhoea, dehydration, sunken eyes and a steadily deteriorating condition were important clinical signs of Jatropha intoxication goats.
(13) The temple originally had a sunken nave flanked by seven symbolic pairs of pillars leading to the altar, a ritual well and raised seating on either side.
(14) "Mountain bikes whizzing in and out of trees, jumping ramps above horses' heads, around an established sunken horse track, is an accident waiting to happen."
(15) The characteristic clinical findings include double vision, a sunken globe, and numbness in the distribution of the infraorbital nerve.
(16) Left cleft lip and palate were present with sunken left nasal flare.
(17) During the 1970s and 1980s, China and Vietnam used force several times, resulting in dozens of deaths and several sunken ships.
(18) Meanwhile, further south, Peru's Pacific north coast spawned an early tradition of great U-shaped ceremonial settlements with monumental architecture and sunken plazas that preceded the introduction of pottery.
(19) Volunteer groups accustomed to providing food, clothing and medical assistance to a few hundred people at a time struggled with the large number of people staying in the station’s sunken plaza.
(20) This report describes two female patients, 69 and 79 years old, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) developing from erythema ab igne (EAI) due to thermal irradiation from a sunken hearth (irori in Japanese) or an underfloor brazier covered with a quilt (kotatsu in Japanese).