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  1. 1. superl. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Languid; drooping. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. long and thin and often limp Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. long and lean Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher. Source: adambom
  8. 8. s. long and thin and often limp s. long and lean Source: ecdict

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