Definitions for lank
læŋklank

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lankadjective

   long and thin and often limp

   "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair"

2. lank, spindlyadjective

   long and lean

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lankverb

   To become lank; to make lank.

2. lankadjective

   Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

3. lankadjective

   (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy)

4. lankadjective

   languid; drooping.

5. Etymology: hlanc; confer German lenken, gelenk, Old High German hlanca, and English link (of a chain).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LANKadjective

   Etymology: lancke, Dutch.

   1. Loose; not filled up; not stiffened out; not fat; not plump; slender.

   The commons hast thou rack’d; the clergy’s bags
   Are lank and lean with thy extortions. William Shakespeare.

   Name not Winterface, whose skin’s slack,
   Lank, as an unthrift’s purse. John Donne.

   We let down into the receiver a great bladder well tied at the neck, but very lank, as not containing above a pint of air, but capable of containing ten times as much. Boyle.

   Moist earth produces corn and grass, but both
   Too rank and too luxuriant in their growth.
   Let not my land so large a promise boast,
   Lest the lank ears in length of stem be lost. Dryden.

   Now, now my bearded harvest gilds the plain.
   Thus dreams the wretch, and vainly thus dreams on,
   Till his lank purse declares his money gone. Dryden.

   Meagre and lank with fasting grown,
   And nothing left but skin and bone;
   They just keep life and soul together. Jonathan Swift.

   2. John Milton

   He, piteous of her woes, rear’d her lank head,
   And gave her to his daughters to imbathe
   In nectar’d lavers strew’d with asphodil. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lank

   Lank generally refers to something long, thin, and often lean or sparse in appearance. It can refer to hair, body stature, or even vegetation. For example, lank hair refers to long, straight, and limp hair, while a person described as lank would typically be tall, thin, and possibly lacking muscularity or fullness.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

4. Etymology: [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lank

   langk, adj. languid or drooping: soft or loose: thin: shrunken: straight and flat.—v.i. (Shak.) to become lank.—adv. Lank′ly.—n. Lank′ness.—adj. Lank′y, lank and tall. [A.S. hlanc; Dut. slank, Ger. schlank, slender.]

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1. LANK

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

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LANK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lank is ranked #30339 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lank surname appeared 771 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lank.
   
   92.8% or 716 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
   1.4% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for lank »

1. klan

2. Klan

How to pronounce lank?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lank in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lank
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lank
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lank
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lank
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lank
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html