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 Definitions of lank  [æŋk]  

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Definition of 'lank' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) lank
(of hair) straight and limp; without spring or curl.

2.  lank
unduly long and slender:
lank grass.

3.  lank
lean; gaunt; thin.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME lanc, OE hlanc)

Definition of 'lank' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) lank
long and thin and often limp
"grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"

2. (adj) lank, spindly
long and lean


Definition of 'lank' Webster Dictionary 

1.  lank
slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean

2.  lank
languid; drooping

3.  lank
to become lank; to make lank


Translation of 'lank' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of hair) straight, thin, and usually greasy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: steil Arabic flag Arabic: نَحيف وطويل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мършав
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escorrido Czech flag Czech: rovný, zplihlý German flag German: glatt
Danish flag Danish: glat og kedeligt Greek flag Greek: που μοιάζει με πράσο (για Spanish flag Spanish: lacio
Estonian flag Estonian: sirge Farsi flag Farsi: لاغر؛ نحیف Finnish flag Finnish: suora ja eloton
French flag French: plat Hebrew flag Hebrew: יָשָר וְרָפֵה Hindi flag Hindi: सीधा और चपटा
Croatian flag Croatian: vitak, tanak Hungarian flag Hungarian: sima, egyenes (haj) Indonesian flag Indonesian: tipis berminyak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: linkulegur Italian flag Italian: (liscio e floscio) Japanese flag Japanese: まっすぐで細い
Korean flag Korean: (머리털이) 곧고 부드러운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tiesus, nutįsęs Latvian flag Latvian: (par matiem) taisns
Malay flag Malay: panjang dan lurus Dutch flag Dutch: sluik Norwegian flag Norwegian: tynt og fett (hår)
Polish flag Polish: prosty Persian flag Persian: لاغر؛ نحیف Pashto flag Pashto: ډنكر،ضعيفه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escorrido Romanian flag Romanian: lins Russian flag Russian: прямой; жидкий
Slovak flag Slovak: riedky Slovenian flag Slovenian: gladek, tenek Serbian flag Serbian: suvonjav
Swedish flag Swedish: stripig Thai flag Thai: ยาวเรียว Turkish flag Turkish: düz ve yağlı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 又直又塌的(指頭髮,通常帶油光) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прямий і жирний Urdu flag Urdu: پتلا ، لمبا اور عموما چکن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thẳng và rũ (tóc) Chinese flag Chinese: (头发)细长的

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