Associations to the word «Lank»

Wiktionary

LANK, adjective. Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
LANK, adjective. (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy)
LANK, adjective. (obsolete) languid; drooping.
LANK, verb. (rare) To become lank; to make lank.
LANK SLEEVE, noun. The empty sleeve to an one-armed man.
LANK SLEEVES, noun. Plural of lank sleeve

Dictionary definition

LANK, adjective. Long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair".
LANK, adjective. Long and lean.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King