Welk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /wɛlk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Welk is a verb meaning To contract; to shorten.
Meaning
To contract; to shorten.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.
- Alternative form of whelk.
- (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
- (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
- (dialectal) to soak, steep.
- (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
Example Sentences
As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]
[T]he Church that before by inſenſible degrees welk'd and impair'd, now with large ſteps went down hill decaying; [...]
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.
Word Forms
- welks
- welking
- welked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forwelk, wither'd, atrophy, queal, welt, ruin.
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