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# lank

adjective (lanker, lankest)

«lank» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#m1)
2. Lank can describe a tall, thin, bony person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a lank figure is a tall, thin, often sad or frightening character, such as a beggar on the road

### Examples

- The lank grey beggarman walked slowly up the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x1)
- Her hair hung lank and wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x2)
- He was tall and lank, like a bean pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lank» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lank.html) on Mova free.