welk

English

Etymology

Probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Dutch welken, German welken.

Verb

welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked)

1. (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
2. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i.23:

     As gentle Shepheard in sweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in west [...].

3. (dialectal) to soak, steep.
4. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.

Noun

welk (plural welks)

1. Alternative form of whelk.

Anagrams

• kewl

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wilik, *welik, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlk
• IPA: /ʋɛlk/

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Determiner

welk

1. which (what, of those mentioned or implied)

Declension

Declension of welk

		positive
predicative/adverbial		—
neuter singular	indefinite	welk
	definite	welke
common singular		welke
plural		welke
partitive		—

Anagrams

• kwel

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German

Adjective

welk

1. faded

Related terms

• welken
• verwelken