lark
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2.8
- noun
- /lɑrk/
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- But as soon as his problem's solved, he'll be as gay as a lark again.
- lark sings
- lark song
- horned lark
He 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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1.6
A small bird with a short thick beak that eats seeds
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1.0
A small brown or gray bird that sings and lives near people
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5.8
A gray and white songbird that copies other birds' songs
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2.3
A small bird, like a canary, that makes pleasant musical sounds
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4.4
A small bird that sings beautifully at night
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2.1
A small bright yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
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5.2
A small active bird that sings many clear notes
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6.7
A small brown bird that sings while flying high above fields
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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
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1.3
A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet for its singing
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9.5
A small European bird that sings a short repeating song
1
9.7
A small European songbird with a blue-grey head and pinkish belly that sings cheerfully
1
9.9
A songbird from Asia and Africa that sings a sweet song
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3.1
A small North American bird with brown streaked feathers that sings a clear musical song
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9.9
A small songbird like a chaffinch that sings cheerfully
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5.0
A small American songbird with bright yellow feathers
A small European songbird that sings in open woodlands
A small brown-spotted bird that sings while hovering high above fields
A small songbird in Europe called the nightingale that sings loudly at night
A bird that makes clear, pleasant sounds
A small yellow bird kept as a pet for its song
The scientific name for the song sparrow, a small North American songbird
A small North American bird that sings a sweet song in the evening
A small North American songbird that sings in the evening
A small bird with reddish brown wings that lives and sings in marshes
A medium-sized bird with a bright yellow chest that sings in open grasslands
A bird with blue-grey feathers that sings beautifully and lives in western Mexico
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
A small brown songbird that hops on the ground in open fields
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
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.