LANK Meaning of LANK in English adj. 1 (of hair, grass, etc.) long, limp, and straight. 2 thin and tall. 3 shrunken; spare. lankly adv. lankness n.[ OE hlanc f. Gmc: cf. FLANK, LINK(1) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012