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lank

/læŋk/

lankadjective

lanker

Comp.

lankest

Super.

/læŋk/

Translations

длинный

Her lank hair fell over her shoulders.

Ее длинные волосы падали на плечи.

тощий

The lank figure of the man stood out in the crowd.

Тощая фигура мужчины выделялась в толпе.

Additional translations

худощавый

вялый

Definitions

Long, thin, and often limp in appearance.

His lank hair hung down over his eyes, giving him a disheveled look.

Of a person or animal: lean, thin, and often long-limbed.

After months at sea, the sailors returned looking pale and lank.

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Antonyms

lanknoun

lanks

/læŋk/

Translations

худощавый человек

The lank stood out in the crowd due to his height and thin frame.

Худощавый человек выделялся в толпе из-за своего роста и тонкой фигуры.

Definitions

Archaic or dialect: a person or animal that is noticeably thin and long-limbed.

The village children used to tease him, calling him a lank because of his spindly frame.

lankverb

lanked

Past Simple

lanked

Past Participle

lanking

Gerund

Archaic; used to mean ‘to become lank’ or ‘to make lank’.

Definitions

To become lank; to hang limply or grow thin and withered.

In the humid air, her curls lanked until they hung straight against her shoulders.

To make something lank, thin, or limp.

The relentless drought lanked the once lush grass of the meadow.

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