cark
To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troublesTo be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive, obsolete)To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
(archaic, intransitive)To labor anxiously.
- disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
Origin
From Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carciFrom Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carcian ("to be sorrowful, worry"; found in becarcian (“to worry about, care for”)), a frequentative form of Old English carian (“to care”), equivalent to care + -k.
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Forms
carks, carking, carked, carkedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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