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- Dictionarywick/wɪk/
noun
- 1. a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter.
verb
- 1. absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action: "garments that wick moisture away from the skin"
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WICK definition: 1. a piece of string in the centre of a candle, or a similar part of a light, that supplies fuel to…. Learn more.
to absorb liquid from something and remove it: These special fabrics wick moisture from athletes ' skin to keep them comfortable. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of wick from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of WICK is a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles.
noun. 1. a cord or band of loosely twisted or woven fibres, as in a candle, cigarette lighter, etc, that supplies fuel to a flame by capillary action. 2. See get on someone's wick. verb. 3. to move (moisture) by capillary action from the inside to the surface. Collins English Dictionary.
noun. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action. 2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action. tr. & intr.v. wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks. To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.
Nov 8, 2024 · a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame. synonyms: taper. see more. noun. any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action. “the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it”. see more.
