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# lank

«lank» in Mova's school dictionary: **long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (lanker, lankest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#m1)

2) Lank can describe a tall, thin, bony person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x1)
- Her hair hung lank and wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x2)
- He was tall and lank, like a bean pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lank/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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