bark in English dictionary

  • bark

    Meanings and definitions of "bark"

    • (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
    • (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
    • 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.
    • The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
    • A similar sound made by some other animals.
    • (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
    • (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
    • (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
    • (transitive) To speak sharply.
    • (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.
    • (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
    • noun
      ( countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
    • noun
      (medicine)
      Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
    • noun
      Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
    • noun
      The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
    • noun
      (poetic)
      a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
    • noun
      The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
    • noun
      A similar sound made by some other animals.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To speak sharply.
    • verb
      To strip the bark from; to peel.
    • verb
      To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
    • verb
      To girdle.
    • verb
      To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
    • The short, loud, explosive sound produced by a dog
    • To produce a loud, short, explosive sound similar to that of a dog
    • A sailing ship with three or more masts, fore-and-aft sails on the aftermost mast and square sails on all other masts.
    • bark (from tree)
    • (to) bark
    • (tree) bark
    • make sound (animal)
    • exterior covering of a tree
    • to strip the bark from, to peel
    • to abrade or rub off any outer covering from
    • to cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark
    • short, loud, explosive utterance
    • similar sound of other animals
    • figurative: abrupt utterance
    • to make a loud noise (dogs)
    • to make a clamor
    • to speak sharply
    • small sailing vessel
    • poetic term for a boat
    • three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged
    • The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
    • noun
      a noise resembling the bark of a dog
    • noun
      a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
    • noun
      the sound made by a dog
    • noun
      tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
    • verb
      cover with bark
    • verb
      make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
    • verb
      remove the bark of a tree
    • verb
      speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
    • verb
      tan (a skin) with bark tannins

    Synonyms of "bark" in English dictionary

    skin, let out, emit are the top synonyms of "bark" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of bark

    • bark ( third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
    • bark ( plural  barks)
    • bark ( countable and uncountable;  plural  barks)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza bark; lm  liczba mnoga ~s bark, ~ed, ~ed; he ~s; be ~ing
    • bark (plural barks)
    • bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
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