Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- v. obsolete Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
- v. obsolete To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
- v. dialectal to soak, steep.
- v. dialectal to thrash, beat severely.
- n. Alternative form of whelk.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.
- v. obsolete To cause to wither; to wilt.
- v. obsolete To contract; to shorten.
- v. Prov. Eng. To soak; also, to beat severely.
- n. A pustule. See 2d whelk.
- n. (Zoöl.), rare A whelk.
Etymologies
- Probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Dutch welken, German welken. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Daardoor ben ik ook veel selectiever geworden in welk evenement ik ga spelen en welke ik lekker oversla.”
“February 9, 2008 at 5:46 pm you makes kitteh lissen to lolrence welk.”
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“Ill admitz I usta lub ta watches da lawrence welk show lotz when zI wuz a kitten- lubed da dansin…..”
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“Unlike the typical adolescent fiction, there isn't much moral education or other such naff business lying underneath, just red bottomosity, snog scales, wet stick insect tarts, hornmeisters, spazzy Ace Gang members, the elderly mad, prat poodles, and welk boys.”
Reader reviews of Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison.
“Mogende te overhandigen en bij welk nader adres gemelde heer”
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
“The Sun had begun to welk in the west by the time I had mustered up enough courage to come into the High Road, which I had an uncertain idea stretched away from Gnawbit's house, and towards Reading.”
“Spenser uses often ‘to welk’ (welken) in the sense of to fade, ‘to sty’ for to mount, ‘to hery’ as to glorify or praise, ‘to halse’ as to embrace, ‘teene’ as vexation or grief: Shakespeare ‘to tarre’ as to provoke, ‘to sperr’ as to enclose or bar in; ‘to sag’ for to droop, or hang the head downward.”
“Het is een versie welk wordt bestuurd via een computer in tegenstelling tot Philips zijn embedded versie.”
“Johanweet Hans te vertellen welk salaris van Danko Lazovic gaat verdienen bij Zenit sint-petersburg, Daaom wou hij perse weg.”
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“Johanweet Hans te vertellen welk salaris van Danko”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘welk’.
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phrontistery-w
from phrontistery.info
wack, wadmal, waftage, wafture, wagonette, wagtail, wainage, wainscot, wair, waits, wakerife, waldflute and 282 more...
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Twitchy
The (not always so) smoovements; scattered, oscillating, jerky, and unpredictable.
palpitation, scravel, jactitate, pounce, wobble, vibrate, undulate, didder, effleurage, flail, ague, swerve and 169 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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dry, diminished words
wanze, welew, welk, arefy, marcescible, wizen, parch, sere, xerarch, seral, psammosere, xerosere and 16 more...
Tweets
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whichbe To twist about. (from Phrontistery) May 24, 2008