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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions lank verb intransitive & transitive To become lank; to make lank. adjective (Comparative Lanker ; superl. Lankest.] AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. - Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? - Barrow. Blacks in the fields, lank and stooped, their fingers spiderlike among the bolls of cotton. - 1985 w:Cormac McCarthy?, McCarthy?, w:Blood Meridian, Blood Meridian, chapter 1. Languid; drooping.Obs. Who, piteous of her woes, reared her head. - Milton Lank hair, long, thin hair. - Macaulay      Full Definition of lank  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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