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welks

welks is the plural of welk.

Meaning of welk

Verb

welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked)

  1. (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
  2. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
    • As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 9
  3. (dialectal) to soak, steep.
  4. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
  5. To contract; to shorten.
    • But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 44, verso
  6. (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.

See all 7 meanings of welk

Proper noun capitalized: Welks

Welks

  1. (plural) plural of Welk

Questions about welks

What is welks the plural of?
Welks is the plural of welk.
What part of speech is welks?
Welks is a proper noun.

Words near welks in the dictionary

  1. Welkes
  2. welkin
  3. welking
  4. welkins
  5. Welkom
  6. welks
  7. welkt
  8. well
  9. well acquainted
  10. well actuallies
  11. well actually

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