Associations to the word «Lank»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
LANK, adjective. Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
LANK, adjective. (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy)
LANK, adjective. (obsolete) languid; drooping.
LANK, verb. (rare) To become lank; to make lank.
LANK SLEEVE, noun. The empty sleeve to an one-armed man.
LANK SLEEVES, noun. Plural of lank sleeve
Dictionary definition
LANK, adjective. Long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair".
LANK, adjective. Long and lean.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.