"links" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪŋks/ [UK] Audio: en-us-links.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: See link. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} links
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɪŋks/ [UK] Audio: en-us-links.ogg [US] Forms: links [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|links||sandy, rolling ground near seashore}} Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), {{m|sco|linkis}} linkis, {{der|en|ang|hlinc|hlincas|rising grounds, hills}} Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”) Head templates: {{en-noun|links}} links (plural links)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /lɪŋks/ [UK] Audio: en-us-links.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Etymology: See link. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} links
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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