Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To become lank.

Origin

From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Pr

From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to turn”), Gelenk (“joint”), Old High German hlanca (“hip, side, flank”), and English link (of a chain).

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Forms

lanks, lanking, lanked, lanked
Base formlank · to lank
3rd person singularlanks
Present participlelanking
Past simplelanked
Past participlelanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylank
he, she, itlanks

Past simpleLesson

all personslanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lanked
he, she, ithas lanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lank

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
languageA1languidlanguishlankylantern

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