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lank

(lăngk)

adj. lank·er, lank·est

1. Long and lean. See Synonyms at lean².

2. Long, straight, and limp: lank and floppy hair.

[Middle English, from Old English hlanc.]

lank′ly adv.

lank′ness n.

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lank

(læŋk)

adj

1. long and limp

2. thin or gaunt

[Old English hlanc loose]

ˈlankly adv

ˈlankness n

lank

(læŋk)

adj, adv

informal South African a lot; a great deal

[perhaps from Afrikaans lank long]

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lank

(læŋk)

adj. -er, -est.

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

2. unduly long and slender: lank grass.

3. lean; gaunt; thin.

[before 1000; Middle English lanc, Old English hlanc]

lank′ly, adv.

lank′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	lank - long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
	2.	lank - long and lean spindly lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

lank

adjective

1. limp, lifeless, long, dull, straggling, lustreless She ran her fingers through her hair; it felt lank and dirty.

2. thin, lean, slim, slender, skinny, spare, gaunt, lanky, emaciated, scrawny, attenuated, scraggy, rawboned a lank youth with a ponytail

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lank

adjective

Having little flesh or fat on the body:

angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy.

Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.

Translations

نَحيف وطويل

rovnýzplihlý

glat og kedeligt

dünn glatt schmächtig

Delgado flaco

hintelälaiha

plat

egyenes

linkulegur

liscio smilzo

išstypęsnutįsęs

taisns

tynt og fett

düz ve yağlı

细长的

lank

[læŋk] ADJ [hair] → lacio; [grass] → largo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lank

[ˈlæŋk] adj [hair] → raide et terne

lank

adj person, body → dürr, hager; hair → strähnig, kraftlos; grass → dürr, mager

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lank

[læŋk] adj (hair) → diritto/a e opaco/a

lank

(lӕŋk) adjective

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

ˈlanky adjective

thin, tall and not elegant. He is tall and lanky.

ˈlankiness noun

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