What does ilk mean?

Definitions for ilk
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. like, ilknoun

    a kind of person

    "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"

GCIDE

  1. Ilknoun

    Kind; class; sort; type; as, him and his ilk; -- sometimes used to indicate disapproval when applied to people.

Wiktionary

  1. ilknoun

    A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

  2. ilkadjective

    The same.

  3. Etymology: From ilke, from ilca, from ilīkaz, a compound of and from the noun.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ilkadverb

    Eke; also. It is still retained in Scotland, and denotes each: as, ilk ane of you, every one of you.

    Etymology: ealc, Saxon.

    Shepherds, should it not yshend
    Your roundels fresh, to hear a doleful verse
    Of Rosalind, who knows not Rosalind,
    That Colin made? ilk can I you rehearse. Edmund Spenser.

Wikipedia

  1. ilk

    Integrin-linked kinase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ILK gene involved with integrin-mediated signal transduction. Mutations in ILK are associated with cardiomyopathies. It is a 59kDa protein originally identified in a yeast-two hybrid screen with integrin β1 as the bait protein. Since its discovery, ILK has been associated with multiple cellular functions including cell migration, proliferation, and adhesion. Integrin-linked kinases (ILKs) are a subfamily of Raf-like kinases (RAF). The structure of ILK consists of three features: 5 ankyrin repeats in the N-terminus, Phosphoinositide binding motif and extreme N-terminus of kinase catalytic domain. Integrins lack enzymatic activity and depend on adapters to signal proteins. ILK is linked to beta-1 and beta-3 integrin cytoplasmic domains and is one of the best described integrins. Although first described as a serine/threonine kinase by Hannigan, important motifs of ILK kinases are still uncharacterized. ILK is thought to have a role in development regulation and tissue homeostasis, however it was found that in flies, worms and mice ILK activity isn’t required to regulate these processes.Animal ILKs have been linked to the pinch- parvin complex which control muscle development. Mice lacking ILK were embryonic lethal due to lack of organized muscle cell development. In mammals ILK lacks catalytic activity but supports scaffolding protein functions for focal adhesions. In plants, ILKs signal complexes to focal adhesion sites. ILKs of plants contain multiple ILK genes. Unlike animals that contain few ILK genes ILKs have been found to possess oncogenic properties. ILKs control the activity of serine/threonine phosphatases.

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  1. ilk

    Ilk is a noun used to refer to a type of people or things that are similar to those already being referred to, or those of the same class or kind. It is often used in a distinctive or slightly derogatory context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ilkadjective

    same; each; every

  2. Etymology: [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf. Each.]

Wikidata

  1. Ilk

    Ilk is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ilk

    ilk, adj. the same.—Of that ilk, of that same, used in connection with a man whose name is the same as that of his ancestral estate—often used erroneously for 'of that kind.' [A.S. ilc, ylc, from y- or i- (base of he), and líc=like.]

Suggested Resources

  1. ILK

    What does ILK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ILK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ILK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ilk is ranked #133863 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ilk surname appeared 126 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ilk.

    92.8% or 117 total occurrences were White.
    4.7% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ilk in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ilk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ilk in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Smith:

    Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.

  2. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

    Our task is to stabilize the legitimate government and to create conditions for a political compromise, by military means, of course. The units of international terrorists and their ilk have no desire to negotiate with the Syrian government, who is almost sieged in its own capital.

  3. Father Beck:

    I think that by the majority of Roman Catholics, Cardinal Burke and some other very right-wing bishops are seen as outliers, especially with this issue. So, while they have some followers who are listening to what they're saying, I don't think by any means it's the majority, or that they're having a great influence on what they're saying, i'm working in three parishes, practically everybody I talked to is getting vaccinated, if they are not getting vaccinated, it's for health reasons, it's not because Roman Catholic Church is saying anything that they're getting second thoughts about. So, I really don't think that the positions of Cardinal Burke and his ilk right now are having a great effect with most Roman Catholics.

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