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- DictionaryWick/wik/
noun
- 1. a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter.
verb
- 1. absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action: "these excellent socks will wick away the sweat"
The meaning of WICK is a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles. How to use wick in a sentence.
noun. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
WICK meaning: 1. a piece of string in the centre of a candle, or a similar part of a light, that supplies fuel to…. Learn more.
5 days ago · ( intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse ( i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through .
WICK definition: 1. a piece of string in the centre of a candle, or a similar part of a light, that supplies fuel to…. Learn more.
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame. synonyms: taper. see more. noun. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action. “the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it”. see more.
1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action. 2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action. tr. & intr.v. wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks.
Wick definition: A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.
noun. 1. a cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle, cigarette lighter, etc, that supplies fuel to a flame by capillary action. 2. See get on someone's wick. verb. 3. to move ( moisture) by capillary action from the inside to the surface. Collins English Dictionary.
(British English, informal) to annoy somebody. See wick in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: wick. Definition of wick noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
