bark

[ US /ˈbɑɹk/ ]
[ UK /bˈɑːk/ ]
VERB
  1. speak in an unfriendly tone
    She barked into the dictaphone
  2. remove the bark of a tree
  3. tan (a skin) with bark tannins
  4. make barking sounds
    The dogs barked at the stranger
  5. cover with bark
NOUN
  1. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
  2. the sound made by a dog
  3. a noise resembling the bark of a dog
  4. tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
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How To Use bark In A Sentence

  • I barken back to the rogue Taken Howler, the dead unexpectedly alive and inimical. Shadow Games
  • Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
  • In some places it is primeval and wet, where streaky barked eucalyptus strive upwards through dripping mists alive with frog croaks.
  • The operation of budding requires a good deal of nicety: first, to avoid wounding the wood of the stock in slitting the bark; and, secondly, to make the bark of the scion fit quite closely to the wood of the stock, as, if the least vacuity is left between them, the bud will wither instead of beginning to grow. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
  • And thus the Washington Post column on David's congressional testimony, where he is described "hunched" and said to have "barked," "growled" and "snarled" -- language you would use to describe an animal. Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team
  • Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.
  • Upon warily entering a cafe you're immediately barked at for your order.
  • The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
  • Somewhere nearby a guard dog barked and then another one. Bomber
  • A dear little announcerette rattled off expert intros to various gymnastic jingles, one of which featured dogs barking in the background.
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