bark
bark (bärk)
noun
- the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants
- some kinds of this matter used in tanning, dyeing, etc.
- cinchona
Etymology: ME < ON bǫrkr, akin to MLowG borke
transitive verb
- to treat with a bark infusion, as in leather tanning
- to take the bark off; specif., to girdle (a tree)
- Informal to scrape some skin off to bark one's shin
bark (bärk)
intransitive verb
- to make the characteristic sharp, abrupt cry of a dog
- to make a sound like this the engine barked
- to speak or shout sharply; snap
- Informal to cough
- ☆ Slang to advertise a show, sale, etc. by shouting about it in public
Etymology: ME berken < OE beorcan, akin to ON berkja, of echoic orig.
transitive verb
to say or advertise with a bark or shout
noun
- the sharp, abrupt sound made by a dog
- any sharp, abrupt sound or utterance like this
bark up the wrong tree
☆to misdirect one's attack, energies, etc.
bark (bärk)
noun
- Old Poet. any boat, esp. a small sailing boat
- a sailing vessel with its two forward masts square-rigged and its rear mast rigged fore and aft
Etymology: ME barke, prob. via Port or ML barca (> OFr barque) < LL, small boat: see barge
bark
n.
bark
v.
Object
- dog: You guide a little barking dog around a maze to find all the authors.
Converse of object
- fissure: Many different kinds of weird and wonderful beetles and other invertebrates may live in the cracks in gnarled and fissured old bark.
- peel: If you peel the bark off a tree, you don't renew its youth as a sapling; it just dies.
Preposition: at
- passer-by: Loui was very stressed in his former kennels and was not showing himself off to his best advantage, barking at passers-by.
Adjective modifier
- powdered: From the 17th century, quinine from the powdered bark of a South American tree was used to treat malaria in Europe.
- birch: She is the light of birch bark, carved to sail on her soothing rivers.
- shredded: Shredded bark, left in a pile will eventually break down and become great compost.
- inner: A brown dye is obtained from the inner bark A glue is made from the sap.
Adjective complement
- mad: You'd be barking mad not to give one a home!
Modifies a noun
- chipping: The path has been covered with bark chippings, topped up every couple of years.
- decoction: Taken each month during menstruation, a bark decoction is held to be contraceptive.
- mulch: So I keep a pile of rotted bark mulch near my compost bins.
- beetle: Moreover, they have been limited to some regions or species of bark beetles.
- rubbing: Was a nice afternoon and had had an idea to get out again and maybe do something like bark rubbings.
Noun used with modifier
- cinchona: The first drug picture clearly defined by him was that of cinchona bark.
- willow: The active ingredient in aspirin was originally derived from willow bark.
- peeling: The tree trunks are beaten and the peeling bark is removed.
- cork: The outputs of these systems include meat, milk, wool, charcoal, cork bark and grain.
- cinnamon: Add the garlic and cinnamon bark and fry for 2 minutes.
- honeysuckle: The nest is usually made of honeysuckle bark, often in brambles.
I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.
All right, have it your own wayöyou heard a seal bark!
Browse dictionary entries near bark
- barium sulfate
- barium peroxide
- barium oxide
- barium hydroxide
- barium chloride
- barium
- baritone
- barite
- barista
- Barisal
- bark at
- bark beetle
- bark up the wrong tree
- barkeeper
- barkentine
- barker
- Barker code
- Barking
- barley
- barley sugar
