About The Word Bark
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Bark
Bark Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bark?
[n] a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
[n] the sound made by a dog [n] a noise resembling the bark of a dog [n] tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants [v] tan (a skin) with bark tannins [v] speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" [v] make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" [v] remove the bark of a tree [v] cover with bark Synonyms | Synonyms for Bark: barque | skin Related Terms | Find terms related to Bark: ablate | abrade | abrase | advertise | animal noise | argosy | ballyhoo | bang | barking | battle cry | bawl | bay | bell | bellow | bill | birdcall | blare | blast | blat | blate | bleat | blemish | bloody | blubber | boat | boom | boost | bottom | bran | bray | break | breathe | bucket | build up | bulletin | burn | burst | buzz | cackle | call | capsule | case | caterwaul | chafe | chaff | chant | check | cheer | chip | chirp | circularize | clang | claw | coo | cork | corn shuck | cornhusk | cortex | crack | craft | craze | crow | cry | cry up | cut | decorticate | detonate | detonation | discharge | drawl | epicarp | erase | erode | establish | exclaim | excoriate | explode | explosion | file | flay | flute | fracture | fray | frazzle | fret | fulminate | fulmination | fusillade | gall | gash | gasp | give a write-up | give publicity | give tongue | give voice | gnaw | gnaw away | go off | grate | graze | grind | growl | grunt | gunshot | hail | halloo | hiss | holler | hollo | hooker | hoot | howl | howling | hulk | hull | hurrah | hurt | husk | incise | injure | jacket | keel | keen | lacerate | leviathan | lilt | low | maim | make mincemeat of | mating call | maul | meow | mew | mewl | miaow | moo | mumble | murmur | mutilate | mutter | neigh | nicker | note | packet | palea | pant | pare | peel | peeling | phellum | pierce | pipe | placard | plug | pod | pop | post | post bills | post up | press-agent | promote | publicize | puff | pule | puncture | rallying cry | rasp | raze | rend | rind | rip | roar | rub away | rub off | rub out | rumble | run | rupture | salvo | savage | scald | scalp | scorch | scotch | scour | scrape | scratch | screak | scream | screech | scrub | scuff | sell | shell | ship | shot | shout | shriek | shuck | sibilate | sigh | sing | skin | slash | slit | snap | snarl | snort | sob | spiel | sprain | squall | squawk | squeak | squeal | stab | stick | strain | stridulation | strip | tear | thunder | traumatize | troat | trumpet | tub | twang | ululate | ululation | vessel | volley | wail | war cry | war whoop | warble | watercraft | wear | wear away | whicker | whine | whinny | whisper | whoop | woodnote | wound | wrench | write up | yammer | yap | yawl | yawp | yell | yelp | yip | yo-ho | yowl See Also | angostura | angostura bark | bay | bole | bow-wow | branch | canella | canella bark | cascara | cascara sagrada | cascarilla bark | cassia bark | Chinese cinnamon | chittam bark | chittem bark | cinchona bark | cinnamon | cinnamon bark | cork | cover | cover | covering | cry | eleuthra bark | emit | Jesuit's bark | let loose | let out | magnolia | mezereum | mouth | natural covering | noise | Peruvian bark | phellem | quest | root | sailing ship | sailing vessel | speak | strip | sweetwood bark | talk | tan | tanbark | tapa | tappa | tree trunk | trunk | utter | verbalise | verbalize | white cinnamon | winter's bark | yap | yelp | yip Bark In Webster's Dictionary \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. [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. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals. \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [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.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. |
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