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See Bark

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɑː(r)k/
  • Homophone: barque


Etymology 1

From the , from the {{term|bǫrkr||tree bark|lang=non}}, from the , probably related to {{proto|Germanic|berkjon|birch}}, from , from the {{proto|Indo-European|bʰereg-|to gleam; white}}. Akin to Danish, Norwegian and Swedish , Icelandic , and Low German .

Noun

  1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
  2. Peruvian Bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.


Usage notes

Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.

Related terms
Translations

Verb

  1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
  2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
  3. : to bark one’s heel
  4. To girdle.
  5. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
  6. : bark the roof of a hut


Derived terms


Translations

See girdle.

Etymology 2

From the {{term|berken||to bark|lang=enm}}, from the , from the , of echoic/imitative origin. Akin to the Icelandic

Noun

  1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
  2. A similar sound made by some other animals.
  3. An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
  4. * circa 1921 CE: Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement. — The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Vol XI.


Translations
  • Khmer: (bproh)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Kurmanji: , ,
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|هه‌پاندن|tr=hapAndin|sc=KUchar}}, {{t|ku|وه‌ڕین|tr=waReen|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin: {{t|la|latratus|m}}
  • Novial: aboyo
  • Ojibwe: migiwin
  • Polish: {{t|pl|szczekanie|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|latido|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|лай|m|tr=laj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|lajež|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t|es|ladrido|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|skall|n}}
  • Kurdish: , ,

Verb

  1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
  2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcry|outcries.
  3. : They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. — Tyndale.
  4. : Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. — Fuller.
  5. To speak sharply.
  6. : The sergeant barked an order.


Related terms


Translations
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: ,
  • Spanish:

Etymology 3

From the barke (meaning boat), from the Middle French barque, from the Late Latin barca, from the Vulgar Latin *barica, from the Greek βάρις (Egyptian boat), from the Coptic bari (meaning small boat).

Alternative spellings


Noun

  1. A small sailing vessel, eg a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
  2. a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
  3. A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.


Quotations
  • circa 1880 CE: Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales, ... — Emily Dickinson (1830–86), Poems


Translations
  • Finnish:
  • Finnish: ,
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|bark|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|barque|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Bark|f}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t|is|barkur|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|barca|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|barca|f}}

Category:Animal sounds Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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Albanian

Noun

bark

  1. belly


Category:Albanian nouns

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Danish

Noun

bark

  1. bark#English|bark (large sailing boat)
  2. bark#English|bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)


Category:Danish nouns

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-bark.ogg


Noun

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  1. barge, a large type of rowing - or sailing boat
  2. the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin


Category:Dutch nouns

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Polish

Noun

bark (genitive: barku, plural: barki)

  1. shoulder
  2. barque


Category:Polish nouns

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Swedish

Noun

bark (uncountable, definite form: barken)

  1. bark#English|bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)


Category:Swedish nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bark \Bark\, n.
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar
sound made by some other animals.
[1913 Webster] Bark
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It.
barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and
mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast
schooner-rigged.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bark \Bark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Barking.]
1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
[1913 Webster]

2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark
one's heel.
[1913 Webster]

3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
[1913 Webster]

4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to
bark the roof of a hut.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bark \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.
[1913 Webster]

2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
[1913 Webster]

They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
--Tyndale.
[1913 Webster]

Where there is the barking of the belly, there no
other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet bark
n 1: tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of
trees and other woody plants
2: a noise resembling the bark of a dog
3: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: barque]
4: the sound made by a dog
v 1: speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the
dictaphone"
2: cover with bark
3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: skin]
4: make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
5: tan (a skin) with bark tannins
Moby Dictionary
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


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