lark
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2.8
- noun
- /lɑrk/
- But as soon as his problem's solved, he'll be as gay as a lark again.
- lark sings
- lark song
- horned lark
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Watch on YouTubeHe saw a charm of finches, an unkindness of Ravens, a parliament of owls, an exaltation of larks, a leap of leopards.
- He saw a charm of finches, an unkindness of Ravens, a parliament of owls, an exaltation of larks, a leap of leopards.
Examples
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I thought as much from the larks I heard singing.
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Somewhere, a lark's song skirled down from the vast sky.
Fiction book (1996) -
I can hear A lark somewhere Begin to sing about it
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To the East with the lark To the West with the sea.
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You must have been up with the lark.
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I do hear the morning lark.
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Suzy will be as happy as a lark.
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And in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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Then she read, "'The lark now leaves its watery nest, and climbing shakes its dewy wings.'"
Fiction book (1992) -
In early spring, I spotted a lark singing cheerfully from the top of a fence post.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small brown or gray bird that sings and lives near people
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1.6
A small bird with a short thick beak that eats seeds
14
5.8
A gray and white songbird that copies other birds' songs
14
4.4
A small bird that sings beautifully at night
11
2.3
A small bird, like a canary, that makes pleasant musical sounds
8
5.2
A small active bird that sings many clear notes
6
2.1
A small bright yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
2
7.4
A North American bird with a yellow chest that sings sweetly
1
9.9
A small songbird with brown and red feathers that sings sweetly
1
1.3
A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
1
6.7
A small brown bird that sings while flying high above fields
1
3.1
A small North American bird with brown streaked feathers that sings a clear musical song
1
9.7
A small European songbird with a blue-grey head and pinkish belly that sings cheerfully
1
9.5
A small European bird that sings a short repeating song
1
9.9
A songbird from Asia and Africa that sings a sweet song
1
6.5
A small bird with reddish brown wings that lives and sings in marshes
1
6.7
A bird that makes clear, pleasant sounds
1
9.5
A small brown songbird that hops on the ground in open fields
1
9.9
A small North American bird that sings a sweet song in the evening
1
8.1
A small European songbird that sings in open woodlands
1
9.8
A medium-sized bird with a bright yellow chest that sings in open grasslands
1
8.6
A small songbird in Europe called the nightingale that sings loudly at night
1
9.8
The scientific name for the song sparrow, a small North American songbird
A small brown-spotted bird that sings while hovering high above fields
A small yellow bird kept as a pet for its song
A small North American songbird that sings in the evening
A bird with blue-grey feathers that sings beautifully and lives in western Mexico
A small songbird like a chaffinch that sings cheerfully
A small songbird that lives among reeds by water with a streaked brown back and males with black heads
A small brown bird that sings and lives in European gardens, woodlands and hedges
Small thin songbirds called pipits that live in open places around the world
A small brown songbird with streaky feathers that lives on the ground in open fields
A small American songbird with bright yellow feathers
Idioms
Compounds
How Nocturnal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lark first named the small, cheerful singing bird and comes from an old word for a singing bird, so picture a little bird singing high in the sky to remember it is a small songbird.