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Meaning of cark | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kɑː(ɹ)k

Definitions

  1. A noxious or corroding worry.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. A village in Lower Holker parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3676).
  3. The state of being filled with worry.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“His heauie head, deuoide of carefull carke, / Whose sences all were straight benumbd and starke.”
“Fling cark and care aside.”
“To all who love repose and shelter, Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion, and (in lieu of these) refreshing air, bright water, and green country, there is scarcely any valley left to compare with that of Springhaven.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

carkanet carkase carkee carkey carkeys carking

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