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Meanings of lark in English

Russian
жаворонковые
Portuguese
alaudidae
Spanish
aláudidos
Catalan
alàudids
Wikidata

Family of birds.

Related terms
жаворонковые
Catalan
titella
Spanish
anthus

A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.

titella
Synonyms
Examples for "larks"
Examples for "larks"
1
Then there are the birds in the fields-thelarks and the crows.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
2
Yes, but the sky stays up; and the larks go on flying.
Bramble-Bees and Others
3
They watched the larks nestle in, and fly out of the gold.
A Mere Accident
4
The larks rose a little way to sing in the moist air.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
5
And I looked and saw the larks, going down from the gods.
Fifty-One Tales
Portuguese
fazer travessuras
Catalan
saltar

Play boisterously.

fazer travessuras
Catalan
entremaliadura
Spanish
escapada

Any carefree episode.

entremaliadura
Usage of lark in English
1
And in this cool freshness we hear the song of the lark:
English Literature for Boys and Girls
2
A wicker cage, with a lark in it, hung in the window.
The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
3
The lark began to soar and sing once more in English skies.
A Study of Poetry
4
Actually, I thought The Human Centipede was a bit of a lark.
The Irish Times
5
Alan has to be up with the lark to present Ireland AM.
Independent.ie
6
Review:It is never an easy one to pin down, this Oxegen lark.
The Irish Times
7
Yes, it's always a lark in the park with the Peakite press.
The Guardian
8
You seem to think it's a lark to use an illegal drug.
Real life & liars
9
Still, I end the day feeling rather chipper about this dieting lark.
The Guardian
10
But he discovers that she came to see & hear the lark.
The new yorker
11
After the lark came the grouse, who had flown over the midlands.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
12
And while the parson recited high over the tower a lark sang.
Shining Ferry
13
Their notes were much the same as those of the English lark.
Flowers and Flower-Gardens / With an Appendix of Practical Instr...
14
To me, it was something of a lark; to him, a tragedy.
A Fool and His Money
15
It might be a mere lark, with no vicious object in view.
The Case and the Girl
16
I went for the lark of it, for I knew no better.
Green Valley
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Translations for lark
Lark through the time
Lark across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common