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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. long and thin and often limp;
- Example: "grown lank with fasting"
- Example: "lank mousy hair"

2. long and lean;
[syn: lank, spindly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lank \Lank\ (l[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. Lanker; superl. Lankest.] [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Languid; drooping. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Lank hair, long, thin hair. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lank \Lank\, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] --Shak. --G. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lank adj 1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair" 2: long and lean [syn: lank, spindly]