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yark.

To make ready; prepare.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/jɑːk/UK
  1. To make ready; prepare.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To set open; open.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, equivalent to yare + -k. Related to Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”), ġearu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.

verb/jɑːk/UK
  1. To bind or draw (especially leather or stitches) tight.

    transitive
  2. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.

    transitive
  3. To crack (a whip).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk, etc.

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