wick
IPA: wˈɪk
noun
- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
- Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
- (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
- (curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- (slang, euphemistic) The penis.
- (Britain, dialect, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm, especially a dairy farm.
- (Britain, obsolete, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Liveliness; life.
- (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
- (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire, horticulture) (Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
- (Britain, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) A maggot.
- (now dialectal) A corner of the mouth or eye.
- A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).
- A placename
- A village in Dorset, England.
- A village in Wick and Abson parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7072).
- A village in West Sussex, England.
- A village in Worcestershire, England.
- (countable) A surname from Old English.
verb
- (transitive) To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
adjective
- (Britain, dialect, derogatory, chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
- (Britain, dialect, derogatory, chiefly Yorkshire, of inanimate objects) resistant to being put to use, stiff, stubborn (as for example a rope or a screw).
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Examples of "wick" in Sentences
- The wick is burning with fire.
- Beware of the wicked witch of wikipedia
- He was wicked and idolatrous of himself.
- Keep the onus on the wicked unbelievers.
- The candle wick influences how the candle burns.
- Only after pouring the ghee we must insert the wick and light the lamps.
- The applied heat causes the fuel molecules in the candle wick to vaporize.
- All of these lamps had soot and pieces of burnt wick in the oil containers.
- The fat of the demons was used as oil and their nerves as wick for the lamp.
- Adjusting how much of the wick extends above the wick tube controls the flame.
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