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ALL meanings of bark

bark
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  • verb bark When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times. 3
  • verb bark Bark is also a noun. 3
  • verb bark If you bark at someone, you shout at them aggressively in a loud, rough voice. 3
  • uncountable noun bark Bark is the tough material that covers the outside of a tree. 3
  • noun bark the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals 3
  • noun bark a similar sound, such as one made by a person, gun, etc 3
  • verb bark (of a dog or any of certain other animals) to make its typical loud abrupt cry 3
  • verb bark (of a person, gun, etc) to make a similar loud harsh sound 3
  • verb bark to say or shout in a brusque, peremptory, or angry tone 3
  • verb bark to advertise (a show, merchandise, etc) by loudly addressing passers-by 3
  • noun bark a protective layer of dead corky cells on the outside of the stems of woody plants 3
  • noun bark any of several varieties of this substance that can be used in tanning, dyeing, or in medicine 3
  • verb bark to scrape or rub off skin, as in an injury 3
  • verb bark to remove the bark or a circle of bark from (a tree or log) 3
  • verb bark to cover or enclose with bark 3
  • verb bark to tan (leather), principally by the tannins in barks 3
  • noun bark the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants 3
  • noun bark some kinds of this matter used in tanning, dyeing, etc. 3
  • noun bark cinchona 3
  • verb transitive bark to treat with a bark infusion, as in leather tanning 3
  • verb transitive bark to take the bark off; specif., to girdle (a tree) 3
  • verb transitive bark to scrape some skin off 3
  • intransitive verb bark to make the characteristic sharp, abrupt cry of a dog 3
  • intransitive verb bark to make a sound like this 3
  • intransitive verb bark to speak or shout sharply; snap 3
  • intransitive verb bark to cough 3
  • intransitive verb bark to advertise a show, sale, etc. by shouting about it in public 3
  • verb transitive bark to say or advertise with a bark or shout 3
  • noun bark the sharp, abrupt sound made by a dog 3
  • noun bark any sharp, abrupt sound or utterance like this 3
  • noun bark any boat, esp. a small sailing boat 3
  • noun bark a sailing vessel with its two forward masts square-rigged and its rear mast rigged fore and aft 3
  • intransitive verb bark dog: woof 1
  • noun bark woofing of a dog 1
  • noun bark tree covering 1
  • intransitive verb bark make harsh sound 1
  • intransitive verb bark tell angrily 1
  • transitive verb bark say angrily 1
  • noun bark Nautical. a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost mast, which is fore-and-aft-rigged. 1
  • noun bark Literary. a boat or sailing vessel. 1
  • verb without object bark (of a dog or other animal) to utter an abrupt, explosive cry or a series of such cries. 1
  • verb without object bark to make a similar sound: The big guns barked. 1
  • verb without object bark to speak or cry out sharply or gruffly: a man who barks at his children. 1
  • verb without object bark Informal. to advertise a theater performance, carnival sideshow, or the like, by standing at the entrance and calling out to passersby. 1
  • verb without object bark to cough. 1
  • verb with object bark to rub off or scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something: to bark one's shins. 1
  • verb with object bark to remove a circle of bark from; girdle. 1
  • verb with object bark to cover, enclose, or encrust with or as if with bark. 1
  • verb with object bark to treat with a bark infusion; tan. 1
  • verb with object bark to strip the bark from; peel. 1
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