Bark
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Noun
Bark (plural Barks)- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
- A similar sound made by some other animals.
- (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- (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.
- Bark (countable and uncountable; plural Barks) (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- Bark (countable and uncountable; plural Barks) (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
Verb
Bark (third-person singular simple present Barks, present participle Barking, simple past and past participle Barked)
- 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.
- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- To speak sharply.
Adjectives for Bark
- (to make loud noise) imperiously; lustily; inopportunely; explosively; joyously; injuriously; snappishly; harshly; fiendishly; welcomingly; irritatedly; sharply; wildly; eagerly; agonizingly; imperatively; teasingly; expressively; ferociously; frenziedly; frantically; deafeningly; jubilantly; desolately; defiantly; confidently; playfully.
- (dog)snappish; harsh; fiendish; welcoming; irritated; short; sharp; wild; eager; thundering; swaggering; acute; agonized; imperative; gay; high-pitched; teasing; expressive; ferocious; frenzied; staccato; frantic; furious; deafening; ecstatic; jubilant; ringing; desolate; muffled; defiant; confident; playful.
- (boat) venturous; perfidious; passing; stranded; swift-winged; lofty; fragile; floating; deep-drawing; foundering; proud; flying; frail; enchanted; storm-tossed.
- (tree) sapless; gnarled; rugged; indigenous; silvery; bruised; corrugated; peeling.
Thesaurus
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, 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,
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Synonyms
- latrate (obsolete)
