bark Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
  2. noun a noise resembling the bark of a dog
  3. noun a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
    barque.
  4. noun the sound made by a dog
  5. verb speak in an unfriendly tone
    • She barked into the dictaphone
  6. verb cover with bark
  7. verb remove the bark of a tree
    skin.
  8. verb make barking sounds
    • The dogs barked at the stranger
  9. verb tan (a skin) with bark tannins

WordNet

Bark transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Barked (); present participle & verbal noun Barking
Definitions
  1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
  2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
  3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
  4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Bark intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.
Definitions
  1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
  2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
    They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale.
    Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.
Bark noun
Definitions
  1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Bark, Barque noun (Also<
  • Bark
  • Barque
)
Etymology
F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.
Definitions
  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.
  2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Webster 1913