lank
English
/læŋk/
adj
Definitions
- Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- (obsolete) Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
- (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
- (obsolete) Languid; drooping, slack.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hlanc (lank, loose, slender, flaccid).
Origin
Old English
hlanc
Gloss
lank, loose, slender, flaccid
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Centrelink English
- Hopf link English
- Whitehead link English
- airlink English
- backlink English
- chainlink English
- commlink English
- cross-link English
- crosslink English
- cufflink English
- datalink English
- delink English
- dislink English
- downlink English
- draglink English
- drawlink English
- enlink English
- hotlink English
- hyperlink English
- inlink English
- interlink English
- lanken English
- lankily English
- lankiness English
- lankly English
- lankness English
- lanksome English
- lanky English
- link English
- link bait English
- link boy English
- linkability English
- linkable English
- linkage English
- linkback English
- linker English
- linkest English
- linketh English
- linkfest English
- linkful English
- linkification English
- linkify English
- linkless English
- linklist English
- linklog English
- linkman English
- linkrot English
- linkspan English
- linkup English
- linkware English
- linkway English
- linkwork English
- linky English
- mislink English
- multilink English
- outlink English
- overlink English
- permalink English
- redlink English
- relink English
- sleeve-link English
- slitherlink English
- stronglink English
- sublink English
- unlink English
- unlinkability English
- uplink English
- videolink English
- weaklink English
- weblink English
- wikilink English
- linkki Finnish
- Lenker German
- Lenkrad German
- Lenkstange German
- Lenkung German
- Link German
- ablenken German
- einlenken German
- lenkbar German
- lenken German
- link Hungarian
- link Italian
- линк Russian
- link Spanish, Castilian
- link Portuguese
- linque Portuguese
- リンク Japanese
- link Polish
- hlanc Old English
- linke Middle English
- link Danish
- ลิงก์ Thai
- lanca Old High German
- לינק Hebrew (modern)
- liŋka Northern Sami
- 링크 Korean
- link
- linky
- lanky
- linker
- lanken
- lankly
- delink
- uplink
- linkup
- unlink
- enlink
- relink
- inlink
- hotlink
- sublink
- linketh
- linklog
- airlink
- linkify
- weblink
- dislink
- linkful
- linkway
- linkage
- redlink
- outlink
- linkest
- linkman
- mislink
- linkrot
- lankily
- draglink
- overlink
- datalink
- drawlink
- linkspan
- linkless
- commlink
- linkware
- linkwork
- linkback
- lanksome
- linkfest
- downlink
- link boy
- weaklink
- linkable
- linklist
- wikilink
- backlink
- cufflink
- lankness
- lankiness
- multilink
- chainlink
- permalink
- videolink
- Hopf link
- interlink
- crosslink
- link bait
- hyperlink
- stronglink
- cross-link
- Centrelink
- linkability
- slitherlink
- sleeve-link
- linkification
- unlinkability
- Whitehead link