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Dictionary Results for stark:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
stark
    adv 1: completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
    adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
           "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark
           reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a),
           stark(a)]
    2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere,
       severe, stark, stern]
    3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
    4: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
       intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
       consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
       negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
       mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
       nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a),
       complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
       everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
       sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
       utter(a), unadulterated]
    5: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
       "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
       Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
       landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate,
       stark]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), adv.
   Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. --Shak.
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         Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.
                                                  --Fuller.
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   Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare.
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            Strip your sword stark naked.         --Shak.
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   Note: According to Professor Skeat, "stark-naked" is derived
         from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally
         tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology
         be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. Starker (-[~e]r);
   superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc;
   akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. &
   Sw. stark, Dan. staerk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan to
   become dried up, Lith. str["e]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf.
   Starch, a. & n.]
   1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.
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            Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.
                                                  --Spenser.
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            His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.
                                                  --Spenser.
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            Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff
            Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies.  --Shak.
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            The north is not so stark and cold.   --B. Jonson.
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   2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]
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            Consider the stark security
            The common wealth is in now.          --B. Jonson.
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   3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.
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            A stark, moss-trooping Scot.          --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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            Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &
                                                  Fl.
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   4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] "In starke stours" [i. e.,
      in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.
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   5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
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            He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.
                                                  --Collier.
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            Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no
            medium in rhetoric.                   --Selden.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stark \Stark\, v. t.
   To stiffen. [R.]
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         If horror have not starked your limbs.   --H. Taylor.
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5. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Stark -- U.S. County in Illinois
   Population (2000):    6332
   Housing Units (2000): 2725
   Land area (2000):     287.937834 sq. miles (745.755535 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.275745 sq. miles (0.714176 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    288.213579 sq. miles (746.469711 sq. km)
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.097764 N, 89.802300 W
   Headwords:
    Stark
    Stark, IL
    Stark County
    Stark County, IL


6. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Stark -- U.S. County in Ohio
   Population (2000):    378098
   Housing Units (2000): 157024
   Land area (2000):     576.136229 sq. miles (1492.185919 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    4.773125 sq. miles (12.362336 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    580.909354 sq. miles (1504.548255 sq. km)
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.819408 N, 81.383599 W
   Headwords:
    Stark
    Stark, OH
    Stark County
    Stark County, OH


7. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Stark -- U.S. County in North Dakota
   Population (2000):    22636
   Housing Units (2000): 9722
   Land area (2000):     1338.162493 sq. miles (3465.824800 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    2.300379 sq. miles (5.957955 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1340.462872 sq. miles (3471.782755 sq. km)
   Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
   Location:             46.852248 N, 102.712489 W
   Headwords:
    Stark
    Stark, ND
    Stark County
    Stark County, ND


8. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Stark, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    106
   Housing Units (2000): 47
   Land area (2000):     0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            68025
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             37.689592 N, 95.143573 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     66775
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Stark, KS
    Stark


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