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- DictionaryLank/laNGk/
adjective
- 1. (of hair) long, limp, and straight.
LANK definition: 1. Lank hair is not attractive because it is completely straight and thin: 2. Lank hair is not…. Learn more.
LANK meaning: 1. Lank hair is not attractive because it is completely straight and thin: 2. Lank hair is not…. Learn more.
Lank can describe grass that is long, hair that is limp, and people who are tall and thin.
lank. (læŋk ) adjective. If someone's hair is lank, it is long and perhaps greasy and hangs in a dull and unattractive way. She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty. Synonyms: limp, lifeless, long, dull More Synonyms of lank. More Synonyms of lank. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
The soubrette had a lank young body neatly attired in a store suit and shirt-waist. From Project Gutenberg His hair and brows and lashes were paler than straw, and his long lank figure was without either distinction or muscularity.
Some common synonyms of lank are gaunt, lanky, lean, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, and spare. While all these words mean "thin because of an absence of excess flesh," lank implies tallness as well as leanness.
Lank definition: (of plants) unduly long and slender. See examples of LANK used in a sentence.
Definition of lank adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word lank mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word lank , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Origin of Lank Old English hlanc; confer German lenken (“to turn”), gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain). From Wiktionary. Middle English from Old English hlanc. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
