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BARK
bark, barque
(noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
bark
(noun) the sound made by a dog
bark
(noun) a noise resembling the bark of a dog
bark
(noun) tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
bark
(verb) tan (a skin) with bark tannins
bark
(verb) speak in an unfriendly tone; “She barked into the dictaphone”
bark
(verb) make barking sounds; “The dogs barked at the stranger”
bark, skin
(verb) remove the bark of a tree
bark
(verb) cover with bark
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
Synonym: give tongue
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
(transitive) To speak sharply.
Usage notes
Historically, bork existed as a past tense form and borken as a past participle, but both forms are now obsolete.
Synonyms
• latrate (obsolete)
Noun
bark (plural barks)
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Etymology 2
Noun
bark (countable and uncountable, plural barks)
(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
Usage notes
Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.
Synonyms
• (exterior covering of a tree): rind
Verb
bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
To strip the bark from; to peel.
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To girdle.
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
Etymology 3
Noun
bark (plural barks)
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
(watercraft) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Anagrams
• brak, kbar, krab
Source: Wiktionary
Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.]
1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Bark, v. i. Etym: [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]
1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.
Bark, n.
Definition: The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Bark, Barque, n. Etym: [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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