bark
noun
[ bɑːk ]
• the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal.
bark
verb
• (of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark.
• "a dog barked at her"
• utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively.
• "he began barking out his orders"
Similar:
say/speak brusquely,
say/speak abruptly,
say/speak angrily,
snap,
snarl,
growl,
shout,
bawl,
cry,
yell,
roar,
bellow,
thunder,
holler,
Origin:
Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break1.
bark
noun
• the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub.
• "beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees"
Similar:
rind,
skin,
peel,
sheath,
covering,
outer layer,
coating,
casing,
crust,
cork,
cortex,
integument,
bast,
• thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, confectionery, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces.
• "white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios"
bark
verb
• strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood).
• "they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood"
• tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr ; perhaps related to birch.
bark
noun
• a ship or boat.
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of barque.
barque
noun
• a sailing ship, typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore and aft.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, probably from Provençal barca, from late Latin barca ‘ship's boat’.
