hark (redirected from harked)

hark  (härk)

intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks

To listen attentively.

Idiom:

hark back

To return to a previous point, as in a narrative.

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[Middle English harken, herken, from Old English *heorcian.]

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hark

Verb

Old-fashioned to listen; pay attention: hark, the cocks are crowing [Old English heorcnian]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hark - listen; used mostly in the imperative harken, hearken listen - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"

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hark

verb 1. listen, attend, pay attention, hearken (archaic) give ear, hear, mark, notice, give heed

hark back to something

1. recall, recollect, call to mind, cause you to remember, cause you to recollect

2. return to, remember, recall, revert to, look back to, think back to, recollect, regress to