Lank - Английское значение и перевод слова Lank на Русский язык

adjective

Having angles or sharp corners.

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Angular chairs

adjective

Thin and bony

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She was tall and angular.

adjective

Having been reduced in force, effect, or value.

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It appears likely that the courts will be given an attenuated role in the enforcement of these deci…

verb

Reduce the force, effect, or value of.

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This research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidif…

adjective

Weak or weaker

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Attenuated political reform, a live, attenuated vaccine (= with a weaker virus), the figurines have…

adjective

Of or like bone.

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The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

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Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

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Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

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Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

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She was so emaciated she could hardly stand

adjective

(esp. of people and animals) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or not eating enough

adjective

(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing.

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A gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks

verb

Move ungracefully.

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He gangled along main street

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkward in movement

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Susan showed up with a tall, gangly boy.

adjective

Another term for gangling.

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkward in movement

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Susan showed up with a tall, gangly boy.

adjective

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

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A tall, gaunt woman in black

adjective

Nervously awkward and ungainly.

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A gawky teenager

adjective

Tall and awkward

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A gawky teenager

adjective

(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall.

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He is lanky and a brilliant artist as well as being excellent at crosswords.

adjective

Tall and thin and often tending to move awkwardly as a result

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He shifted his lanky body uncomfortably in the cramped airplane seat.

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

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He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

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The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

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His lean, muscular body

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

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His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

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A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

verb

Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.

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He limped heavily as he moved

noun

A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.

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The accident left him with a pronounced limp

adjective

Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.

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She let her whole body go limp

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

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A long corridor

adverb

(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

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She longed for a little more excitement

adjective

Not bright or shiny; dull.

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Her uncombed, lustreless black hair

adjective

Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

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Her pinched, sallow face

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

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She pinched his cheek

adjective

(of someone’s face) thin and anxious, or (of clothing) narrow

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Nora was short, with a pinched face, and wore thick glasses with wire rims., her dress was pinched …

adjective

(of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs.

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A pale, rangy boy in his late teens

adjective

Having long thin legs and arms

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A tall, rangy figure

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a rat.

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His ratty eyes glittered

adjective

Feeling annoyed

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She was a bit ratty with me this morning., a ratty old blanket

adjective

Used to describe an animal that has little flesh on its bones so that its bones can be seen clearly

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin and bony.

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Scraggy mongrels

adjective

(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.

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He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant adam's apple

adjective

(of a person’s or animal’s body) very thin because not fed enough, so that you can see the shape of the bones under the skin

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The store had only a few scrawny chickens left.

adjective

Relating to or functioning as a skeleton.

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The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms

adjective

Of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)

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Skeletal injuries

idiom

Extremely thin

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Your brother is just skin and bones - has he been sick?

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

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A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

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His skinny arms

adjective

Very thin

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She’s shorter and skinnier than me., my bike has skinny tires., get the skinny on hundreds of celeb…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin.

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Her slender neck

adjective

Thin

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The slender book runs all of 150 pages., sarane is a tall, slender man.

adjective

(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender.

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Her slim figure

verb

Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.

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If he's overweight, he should slim

noun

A course or period of slimming.

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A sponsored slim

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

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Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

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The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

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She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

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Spindly arms and legs

verb

(of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

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The children straggled behind them

adjective

(of an irregular group) moving along slowly so as to remain some distance behind those in front.

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The straggling crowd of refugees

verb

Present participle of straggle

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I put my hair up because i don't like it straggling down my back., a year after the hurricane, tour…

adjective

Growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way.

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His straggly dark hair

adjective

Growing or spreading out in an untidy way

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He has a long, straggly grey beard.

adjective

Extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend.

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A long, straight road

adverb

In a straight line; directly.

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He was gazing straight at her

noun

(especially of drama) serious as opposed to comic or musical.

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A straight play

adjective

Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width.

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A tall, broad-shouldered man

adjective

Of more than average height

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She’s tall and slim., the sears tower is taller than the empire state building., four of her friend…

adjective

Used to describe an organization with many levels of jobs between top management and the workers at the bottom

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In a tall organizational structure, employees often lie at the bottom of a long chain of supervisor…

adjective

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together.

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Thin slices of bread

adverb

With little thickness or depth.

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Cut the ham as thin as possible

verb

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous.

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The remorseless fire of archers thinned their ranks

adjective

(especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.

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They were unwashed and unkempt

adjective

Not arranged neatly and in order.

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The place was dreadfully untidy