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lank

  (lăngk) pronunciation
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.]

lankly lank'ly adv.
lankness lank'ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: lank

adjective

    Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.

 
WordNet: lank
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: long and thin and often limp

Meaning #2: long and lean
  Synonym: spindly


 
Translations: Translations for: Lank

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tynd, lang, mager, udmagret, langt og svajende, glat og nedhængende

Nederlands (Dutch)
lang en mager, spichtig, schraal, sluik van haar

Français (French)
adj. - plat (cheveux)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hager, dürr, mager, glatt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μακρύς και ίσιος (σαν πράσο), ψηλόλιγνος, ξερακιανός

Italiano (Italian)
smilzo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delgado, esguio, escorrido (cabelo), frouxo

Русский (Russian)
худощавый, прямой (о волосах)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - larguirucho, desgarbado, desmadejado, flaco, seco, hundido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lång och rak, slät, stripig, lång och gänglig, lång och mager, slankig, spenslig, skrumpen, infallen, slapp

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
瘦的, 长而柔软的, 细长的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 瘦的, 長而柔軟的, 細長的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 곧고 부드러운, 홀쭉한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いやにやせた, ひょろ長い, ひょろっとした, やせた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نحيل, هزيل, ضئيل, سبط غير جعد للشعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארוך וישר (שיער), רפוי (שיער), רזה וגבוה, דל-בשר‬


 
 

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