- hark
- intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English herkien; akin to Old High German hōrechen to listen, Old English hīeran to hear Date: 14th century to pay close attention ; listen
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hark — [ha:k US ha:rk] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English heorcian] 1.) hark at him/her/you! BrE old fashioned spoken used when you think someone is saying something stupid or acting as if they are more important than… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hark — (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries used to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hark — [ hark ] verb intransitive an old word meaning listen ,hark back to phrasal verb transitive hark back to something to remember or talk about something that happened in the past: They always hark back to what they call the good old days. a. to be… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hark at — ˈhark at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hark at he/she/it harks at present participle harking at past tense harked at past partic … Useful english dictionary
hark — ► VERB 1) literary listen. 2) (hark at) informal used to draw attention to an ill advised or foolish remark or action. 3) (hark back) recall an earlier period. ORIGIN Germanic … English terms dictionary
hark — [härk] vi. [ME herkien (akin to Ger horchen) < ? OE * heorcian or < OE heorcnian: see HEARKEN] Now Chiefly Literary to listen carefully: usually in the imperative, with the effect of an exclamation vt. Archaic to listen to; hear to listen… … English World dictionary
Hark — kann sein: Sabine Hark, deutsche Soziologin der deutsche Name der estnischen Gemeinde Harku Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
hark — (v.) late 12c., from O.E. *heorcian, perhaps an intensive form from base of hieran (see HEAR (Cf. hear)). Cf. talk/tale. Cognate with O.Fris. harkia listen, M.Du. horken, O.H.G. horechon, Ger. horchen. To hark back (1829) originally referred to… … Etymology dictionary
hark — sb., et, hark, ene (det at harke) … Dansk ordbog
Hark — Hark, Landsee im russischen Gouvernement Esthland, in der Nähe von Reval, 1 Meile im Umfange, fischreich … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
hark — index heed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
