'Bark' definitions:
Definition of 'bark'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
noun
A noise resembling the bark of a dog
noun
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]
noun
The sound made by a dog
verb
Speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
verb
Cover with bark
verb
Remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin]
verb
Make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
verb
Tan (a skin) with bark tannins
Definition of 'Bark'
From: GCIDE
- Bark \Bark\, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals. [1913 Webster] Bark
Definition of 'Bark'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Bark'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Bark'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'bark'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Bark'
- Barked,
- Barking,
- Bark bed,
- Bark beetle,
- Bark louse,
- Bark pit,
- Bark stove,
- Barking irons,
- Barking squirrel,
- Calisaya bark,
- Cascarilla bark,
- Cassia bark,
- Holy bark,
- Jackass bark,
- Jesuit's bark,
- Jesuits' bark,
- Mancona bark,
- Peruvian bark,
- Quillaia bark,
- Sassy bark,
- Soap bark,
- Stringy bark,
- Whitewood bark,
- Winter's bark,
- Yellow bark,
- angostura bark,
- barking bird,
- barking deer,
- barking frog,
- birch bark,
- cabbage bark,
- canella bark,
- cartagena bark,
- chittam bark,
- chittem bark,
- cinchona bark,
- cinnamon bark,
- dita bark,
- eleuthera bark,
- georgia bark,
- sweetwood bark,
- tan bark,
- tapa bark,
- tappa bark,
- wattle bark,
- Lace-bark,
- Nine-bark,
- bark-louse,
- bitter-bark,
- smooth bark kauri,
- spruce bark beetle,
- winter's bark family,
- winter's bark tree,
- cabbage-bark tree,
- cassia-bark tree,
- chestnut-bark disease