bark
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bark 1
(bärk)n.
1. The harsh sound uttered by a dog.
2. A sound, such as a cough, that is similar to a dog's bark.
v. barked, bark·ing, barks
v.intr.
1. To utter a bark.
2. To make a sound similar to a bark: "The birds bark softly, sounding almost like young pups" (Charleston SC News and Courier).
3. To speak sharply; snap: "a spot where you can just drop in ... without anyone's barking at you for failing to plan ahead" (Andy Birsh).
4. To work as a barker, as at a carnival.
v.tr.
Idiom: To utter in a loud, harsh voice: The quarterback barked out the signals.
bark up the wrong tree
To misdirect one's energies or attention.
[From Middle English berken, to bark, from Old English beorcan.]
bark 2
(bärk)n.
1. The tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium.
2. A specific kind of bark used for a special purpose, as in tanning or medicine.
tr.v. barked, bark·ing, barks
1. To remove bark from (a tree or log).
2. To rub off the skin of; abrade: barked my shin on the car door.
3. To tan or dye (leather or fabric) by steeping in an infusion of bark.
4. To treat (a patient) using a medicinal bark infusion.
[Middle English, from Old Norse börkr.]
bark′y adj.
bark 3
also barque (bärk)n.
1. A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.
2. A small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.
[Middle English barke, boat, from Old French barque, from Old Italian barca, from Latin; akin to Latin bāris, Egyptian flatbottom boat, from Greek, from Egyptian byr, br.]
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bark
(bɑːk)n
1. the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals
2. a similar sound, such as one made by a person, gun, etc
3. his/her bark is worse than his/her bite he or she is bad-tempered but harmless
vb
4. (intr) (of a dog or any of certain other animals) to make its typical loud abrupt cry
5. (intr) (of a person, gun, etc) to make a similar loud harsh sound
6. to say or shout in a brusque, peremptory, or angry tone: he barked an order.
7. informal US to advertise (a show, merchandise, etc) by loudly addressing passers-by
8. bark up the wrong tree informal to misdirect one's attention, efforts, etc; be mistaken
[Old English beorcan; related to Lithuanian burgěti to quarrel, growl]
bark
(bɑːk)n
1. (Botany) a protective layer of dead corky cells on the outside of the stems of woody plants
2. (Tanning) any of several varieties of this substance that can be used in tanning, dyeing, or in medicine
3. (Pharmacology) an informal name for cinchona
vb (tr)
4. to scrape or rub off skin, as in an injury
5. (Forestry) to remove the bark or a circle of bark from (a tree or log)
6. to cover or enclose with bark
7. (Tanning) to tan (leather), principally by the tannins in barks
[C13: from Old Norse börkr; related to Swedish, Danish bark, German Borke; compare Old Norse björkr birch]
bark
(bɑːk)n
(Nautical Terms) a variant spelling (esp US) of barque
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bark1
(bɑrk)n.
1. the abrupt, explosive cry of a dog.
2. a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox.
3. a short, explosive sound, as of firearms.
4. a brusque order, reply, etc.
5. a cough.
v.i. 6. (of a dog or other animal) to utter an abrupt, explosive cry.
7. to make a similar sound: The big guns barked.
8. to speak sharply or gruffly.
9. to advertise some attraction, as a carnival sideshow, by standing outside and calling to passersby.
10. to cough.
v.t. 11. to utter in a harsh, shouting tone: to bark orders at subordinates.
Idioms: bark up the wrong tree, to misdirect one's thoughts or efforts.
[before 900; Middle English berken, Old English beorcan; akin to Old English borcian to bark, Old Norse berkja to bluster]
bark′less, adj.
bark2
(bɑrk)n.
1. the external covering of the woody stems, branches, and roots of plants, as distinct and separable from the wood itself.
2. a mixture of oak and hemlock barks used in tanning.
3. candy, usu. of chocolate with large pieces of nuts, made in flat sheets.
v.t. 4. to scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something.
5. to treat with a bark infusion; tan.
6. to strip the bark from; peel.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse bǫrkr (genitive barkar)]
bark′less, adj.
bark3
or barque
(bɑrk)n.
1. a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost.
2. (formerly) any boat or sailing vessel.
[1425–75; late Middle English barke < Old French barque « Late Latin barca, Latin *bārica, bāris < Greek bâris Egyptian barge < Coptic barī barge]
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bark
(bärk) The protective outer covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of trees and other woody plants. Bark is usually divided into inner bark, consisting of phloem (tissue that distributes a watery mixture of sugars and growth hormones made in the leaves and buds), and outer bark, consisting of layers of dead cells from the inner bark. The outer bark protects the tree from heat, cold, insects, and other dangers.
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bark
Past participle: barked
Gerund: barking
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| Noun | 1. |  bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plantscovering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" cinnamon, cinnamon bark - aromatic bark used as a spice cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon - aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark cinnamon bark - aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative magnolia - dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine tanbark - bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering mezereum - the dried bark of the shrub mezereon canella, canella bark, white cinnamon - highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic cinchona, cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark - aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative winter's bark - aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark - the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus angostura, angostura bark - the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant tree trunk, trunk, bole - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. |
| 2. |  bark - a noise resembling the bark of a dognoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" | |
| 3. |  bark - a sailing ship with 3 (or more) mastssailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts | |
| 4. |  bark - the sound made by a dog bow-wow - the bark of a dog cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" | |
| Verb | 1. |  bark - speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" |
| 2. | bark - cover with bark cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" | |
| 3. |  bark - remove the bark of a tree strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" | |
| 4. |  bark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" | |
| 5. |  bark - tan (a skin) with bark tannins tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather |
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bark
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verb
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bark
nounverb2. To speak abruptly and sharply:
Idioms: bite someone's head off, snap someone's head off.
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Translations
لِحاءُ الشَّجَرنُباحيَخْدِشُ، يَقْشِرُيَنْبَحيَنْبَحُ
кора
bordarescorçalladrarlladruc
kůraštěkatštěknoutvyštěknoutodřít kůži
barkgøgøenskrabebjæffe
koor
aisatahaukkuahiertäähiertyäkaarna
छाल
koralajati
bárkakéregugatugatás
kayu
geltgeltagelta, tala höstuglegageygeyja
吠える
짖다
latratus
mizanoplēst mizu/ādurejasriešanariet
lătralătrat
kôraodrieť si kožu
lajatilaježlubjeskorja
skällabarkbarkaskall
เห่า
sủa
bark
1 [bɑːk]A. N [of tree] → corteza f
B. VT [+ tree] → descortezar; [+ skin] → raer, raspar
to bark one's shins → desollarse las espinillas
to bark one's shins → desollarse las espinillas
bark
2 [bɑːk]B. VI
2. (= speak sharply) → vociferar (at a)
bark
3 [bɑːk] N (liter, poet) (= boat) → barco mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bark
[ˈbɑːrk]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bark
1vt (= rub off) skin → aufschürfen; (= knock against) → anstoßen, anschlagen; to bark one’s shin against the table → sich (dat) → das Schienbein am Tisch anschlagen
bark
2n (of dog, seal, gun, cough) → Bellen nt; his bark is worse than his bite (Prov) → Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht (Prov)
vi → bellen; to bark at somebody → jdn anbellen; (person also) → jdn anfahren; to be barking up the wrong tree (fig inf) → auf dem Holzweg sein (inf)
bark
3, barqueCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bark
1 [bɑːk] n (of tree) → cortecciabark
2 [bɑːk]2. vi to bark (at) → abbaiare a
to be barking up the wrong tree → essere sulla strada sbagliata, sbagliarsi di grosso
to be barking up the wrong tree → essere sulla strada sbagliata, sbagliarsi di grosso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bark1
(baːk) noun the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.
verb1. to make this sound. The dog barked at the stranger.
2. to utter abruptly. She barked a reply.
bark2
(baːk) noun the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. He stripped the bark off the branch.
verb to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident. I barked my shin on the table.
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bark
→ يَنْبَحُ štěknout gø bellen γαβγίζω ladrar haukkua aboyer lajati abbaiare 吠える 짖다 blaffen bjeffe zaszczekać ladrar, latir лаять skälla เห่า havlamak sủa 犬吠Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bark
n (bot) cortezaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.