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# ilk

«ilk» in Mova's school dictionary: **A kind or type; a group of the same sort, as in «people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural); also used in the Scots phrase «ilk ane» (each one)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A kind or type; a group of the same sort, as in «people of that ilk». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/#m1)

2) (Scots, old use) Each, every one of a group, as in «ilk ane». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in Scots tales, «ilk ane» means each one of a group, and a sort of people is called their ilk

### examples

- He and his ilk always avoid hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/#x1)
- Beasts, ilk ane with two heads, blocked the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/#x2)
- People of that ilk prefer to stay at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/#x3)

### note

«ilk ane» means each one, so in a count every one is counted; the word itself adds no number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ilk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ilk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.