lank

/læɳk/

Thân thiện

Her hair was lank and hung straight down her back.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Long, lean, and often limp or thin: Describes something, especially hair, that is long, straight, and hangs down limply without body or volume.
   • Slender and tall: Describes a person or thing that is thin and often tall in a way that may seem gaunt.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After the illness, his once-thick hair became lank and dull.
  • The lank grass in the drought-stricken field swayed in the hot wind.
  • She was a lank figure, towering over her classmates.

Advanced Usage

• "Lank with": Used to describe something made limp or thin by a particular condition.
  • Her hair was lank with sweat after the long run.

Variants and Related Words

• Lanky (adj): Ungracefully thin and tall.
  • The lanky teenager was still growing into his height.
• Lankness (n): The quality or state of being lank.
  • The lankness of the weeds indicated poor soil.

Synonyms

• Limp: Lacking stiffness or firmness.
• Straggly: Growing or hanging in a messy, irregular way.
• Gaunt: Extremely thin and bony, often from suffering or age.

Antonyms

• Voluminous: Having a lot of volume or fullness.
• Bushy: Thick and spreading.
• Stocky: Broad and sturdily built.

Related Phrases

• Lank hair: A common collocation describing straight, flat, lifeless hair.
  • No matter what she tried, she couldn't add volume to her lank hair.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. long and lean
2. long and thin and often limp
   • grown lank with fasting
   • lank mousy hair

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spindly