Thesaurus: lank

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1. superl. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
2. superl. Languid; drooping.
3. v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank.
4. adj. long and thin and often limp
5. adj. long and lean
6. 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain Barrow. 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton. Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
7. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
8. s. long and thin and often limp s. long and lean