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Meaning of "ilk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ILK

Old English ilca the same family, same kind; related to Gothic is he, Latin is, Old English gelīc like.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ILK

ilk  [ɪlk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ilk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ilk

Ilk is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Definition of ilk in the English dictionary

The definition of ilk in the dictionary is a type; class; sort.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILK

ilex
ILGWU
ilia
iliac
Iliad
Iliadic
Iliamna
Iligan
Ilion
ilium
ilka
Ilkeston
Ilkley
ill
ill at ease
ill feeling
ill health
ill humour
ill temper
ill will

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILK

boardwalk
bulk
catwalk
chalk
cock of the walk
elk
folk
full-cream milk
hulk
lk
milk
Norfolk
sidewalk
silk
Suffolk
talk
talk the talk
volk
walk
you can talk

Synonyms and antonyms of ilk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ilk» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ilk

Translation of «ilk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILK

Find out the translation of ilk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ilk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ilk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ILK
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calaña
570 millions of speakers

English

ilk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जैसे लोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أمثاله
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иже с ним
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওখানকারই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acabit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ilk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sorte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同類
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ILK
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ilk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इलॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podobni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іже з ним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ilk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όμοιοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ilk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ilk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ilk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ilk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILK»

The term «ilk» is very widely used and occupies the 6.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ilk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ilk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ilk

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4 QUOTES WITH «ILK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ilk.
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Sara Bareilles
I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration.
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Laurie Colwin
It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.
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Sidney Lanier
I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words to heighten the patness of the image, and so making of it a conceit rather than a metaphor, a fault copiously illustrated in the poetry of Cowley, Waller, Donne, and others of that ilk.
4
Ogden Nash
The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILK»

Discover the use of ilk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ilk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Domina: Society's Ilk
Domina: Society's Ilk is the story of a woman who refuses to be defined by those who can barely define themselves and rejects the dogged conventions of how she is supposed to be - levied by...yet based upon those who claim to be like her.
Edmund Alexander Sims, 2011
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Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions in Cancer
The strategic localization of ILK to focal adhesions, together with its dual functionality related to cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation of intracellular signaling, positions it as a key regulator of cellular processes critical to oncogenic progression ...
Roy Zent, Ambra Pozzi, 2010
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Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk
SIR. ANDREW. WYLIE. CHAPTER I. A FRIEND IN NEED. C/HARLES PIERSTON , who had for some time been settled in business by his uncle, on his own account, called one evening on our hero, and begged the loan of a thousand pounds.
John Galt, 1822
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Cartful of whins, broom, or other elding Ilk horse load of iron - - Ilk cartload of ditto ... Ilk goad of ditto $d. and a bow j^/. Ilk horse load of butter, or two firkins Wainful cheese .... Cartful ditto - - - Horse load ditto Horse load of eggs going out or ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1855
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REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS: FIFTEEN VOLUMES -(13.)- ...
Cartful of hay - - - - 0 2 Cartful of whins, broom, or other elding - - 0 1 nk horse load of iron - - -00$ Ilk cartload of ditto - - - 0 4 Ilk goad of ditto -\<1. and a bow fcl. Ilk horse load of butter, or two firkins Wainful cheese ... Cartful ditto Horse load ditto ...
‎1855
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The Adapter Protein ParvB Inhibits ILK Oncogenic Signaling ...
Integrins are the major transmembrane receptors that bind to the extracellular matrix (ECM).
Perry Satesh Mongroo, 2007
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Poems
Ilk kiltit Celt, ilk raggit Paddy, Ilk sooty sweep, ilk creeshy caddie, Ilk tree-legg'd man, ilk club-taed laddie, Ilk oily leary, Ilk midden mavis, wee black jaudie, A' dread an' fear ye. Ilk struttin' swad, ilk reelin' sailor, Ilk rosin't snab, ilk barkin't nailer, ...
James Ballantine, 1856
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The Blackhalls of That Ilk and Barra, Hereditary Coroners ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Alexander Morison, 2010
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Sir Andrew Wylie, of that ilk, by the author of 'Annals of ...
John Galt. CHAPTER II. PATRIOTISM. The Marquis of Avonside, soon after he had procured the appointment for Pierston, received a confidential communication from one of his ministerial friends, relative to the dissolution of Parliament, ...
John Galt, 1822
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Osteoclast-specific Inactivation of the Integrin-linked ...
Bone resorption requires the adhesion of osteoclasts to extracellular matrix (ECM) components, a process mediated by the alphavbeta 3 integrin.
Tanya Dossa, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ilk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Arda Turan'ın transferine ilk kez yeşil ışık - Barcelona - Sporx
Arda Turan'ın transferine ilk kez yeşil ışık. İspanya La Liga ekiplerinden Barcelona'ya transfer olan Arda Turan için Başkan Josep Maria ... «Sporx, Jul 15»
2
Romeo and Juliet at Cambridge Shakespeare Festival | Cambridge …
... and playful, the 'laddy' scenes with Romeo (played in the lovesick puppy ilk by the rather dashing Max Sterne), Benvolio (Joseph Emms) and ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
3
Steve Cangialosi talks Red Bulls and the state of US men's soccer …
Q: If the Red Bulls don't add a player of that ilk — say a Chicharito or a Mario Gomez — can they be a legitimate title contender? A: With the ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
4
Trust launches twinning to subsidise poorer churches - Church Times
... diocese in full, even where doing so has been sacrificial, and it has . . . been made more difficult by other churches of this ilk refusing to do so. «Church Times, Jul 15»
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Duncan Keith toughs out personal strife as he does professional …
Part of being a Chicago sports celebrity of Keith's ilk these days means the more the public loves him, the more fans want to know. The more ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Ant-Man a movie marvel
With a narrower scope in both story and action than others of its ilk, Ant-Man is another in the seemingly endless superhero film onslaught but ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
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The Quietus | News | FESTIVAL REPORT: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
I spend my first night in Copenhagen in an old slaughterhouse. The ILK collective (and record label) are presenting as many as six sets for ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
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'El Chapo' jailbreak is both a Mexican and an American story
In the First World's imagination, the incarceration of El Chapo and his ilk amounts to a cultural containment of Mexico's assumed depravity. «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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No A-listers, But This Iftar Party Was Special - NDTV.com
... but by leaders of political parties who lavish Iftar parties not primarily for those observing the fast but for others of their own ilk. The Iftar party ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Alternative is the question, Linux is the answer - TechRepublic
And that's where I come in... to answer the call of questions from users of all ilk. When someone asks the question, "What alternatives to ... «TechRepublic, Jul 15»

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