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lanking

lanking is the present participle and gerund of lank.

Meaning of lank

Verb

lank (third-person singular simple present lanks, present participle lanking, simple past and past participle lanked)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To become lank.
    • […] on the Alps
      It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh,
      Which some did die to look on: and all this—
      It wounds thine honour that I speak it now—
      Was borne so like a soldier, that thy cheek
      So much as lank’d not.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about lanking

What is lanking the present participle and gerund of?
Lanking is the present participle and gerund of lank.

Words near lanking in the dictionary

  1. lankier
  2. lankiest
  3. lankily
  4. Lankin
  5. lankiness
  6. lanking
  7. lankish
  8. lanklet
  9. lanklets
  10. lankly
  11. lankness

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