Hark
[hɑːk] or [hɑrk]
Definition
(v. i.) To listen; to hearken.
Editor: Sheldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
interj. Hear, listen, give ear.
Checker: Maisie
Definition
interj. or imper. listen.—n. a whisper.—n. Hark′-back a backward move.—Hark back to revert to the original point.
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- Away, seek them out instantly--and hark thee, if a byzant or two will sharpen their memory, let them not be wanting. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Hark, how the thunder rumbles! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Hark, there is a knock at the door! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At this moment a melancholy howl struck on our ears; it was repeated; Hark! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Hark to this philosopher! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Hark to the thundering in the chimney, and the surging noise! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And hark ye, said Tom; we've got correspondents in Sandusky, that watch the boats for us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Ricky