Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skylark
Participle: skylarked
Gerund: skylarking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skylark |
| you | skylark |
| he;she;it | skylarks |
| we | skylark |
| you | skylark |
| they | skylark |
Perfect
| I | have skylarked |
| you | have skylarked |
| he;she;it | has skylarked |
| we | have skylarked |
| you | have skylarked |
| they | have skylarked |
Past
| I | skylarked |
| you | skylarked |
| he;she;it | skylarked |
| we | skylarked |
| you | skylarked |
| they | skylarked |
Pluperfect
| I | had skylarked |
| you | had skylarked |
| he;she;it | had skylarked |
| we | had skylarked |
| you | had skylarked |
| they | had skylarked |
Future
| I | will skylark |
| you | will skylark |
| he;she;it | will skylark |
| we | will skylark |
| you | will skylark |
| they | will skylark |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skylarked |
| you | will have skylarked |
| he;she;it | will have skylarked |
| we | will have skylarked |
| you | will have skylarked |
| they | will have skylarked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skylark |
| you | skylark |
| he;she;it | skylark |
| we | skylark |
| you | skylark |
| they | skylark |
Perfect
| I | have skylarked |
| you | have skylarked |
| he;she;it | have skylarked |
| we | have skylarked |
| you | have skylarked |
| they | have skylarked |
Imperfect
| I | skylarked |
| you | skylarked |
| he;she;it | skylarked |
| we | skylarked |
| you | skylarked |
| they | skylarked |
Pluperfect
| I | had skylarked |
| you | had skylarked |
| he;she;it | had skylarked |
| we | had skylarked |
| you | had skylarked |
| they | had skylarked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skylark |
| you | would skylark |
| he;she;it | would skylark |
| we | would skylark |
| you | would skylark |
| they | would skylark |
Perfect
| I | would have skylarked |
| you | would have skylarked |
| he;she;it | would have skylarked |
| we | would have skylarked |
| you | would have skylarked |
| they | would have skylarked |
Imperative
| you | skylark |
| we | Let's skylark |
| you | skylark |
Verbs conjugated like 'skylark'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skylark'
skyjack,
glark,
lark,
mudlark,
salary,
sark,
shark,
shylock,
skank,
skear,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From sky + lark.
2. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details. See: Old Norse '
leika'.
Sample Sentences
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I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow. [1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 5:]