Dank
[dæŋk]
Definition
(a.) Damp; moist; humid; wet.
(n.) Moisture; humidity; water.
(n.) A small silver coin current in Persia.
Inputed by Erma
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Moist, damp, humid, wet.
Editor: Verna
Definition
adj. moist wet.—n. (Milt.) water.—adj. Dank′ish somewhat dank or damp.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- I lifted the heavy head, put the long dank hair aside, and turned the face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These dank walls had known the man whose dolorous story is a sealed book forever! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The air was dank, the dungeon-floor mildewed and icy cold; hunger came upon me too, and no sound reached me from without. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was indeed a paradise, compared to the bleak forest, my former residence, the rain-dropping branches, and dank earth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Doctor examines the dank carcase, and pronounces, not hopefully, that it is worth while trying to reanimate the same. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Conceive a dell, deep-hollowed in forest secresy; it lies in dimness and mist: its turf is dank, its herbage pale and humid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Yvette