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

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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

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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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