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bark¹ (bärk)

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.

To utter in a loud, harsh voice: The quarterback barked out the signals.

Idiom:

bark up the wrong tree

To misdirect one's energies or attention.

[From Middle English berken, to bark, from Old English beorcan.]

bark² (bärk)

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.]

barky adj.

bark ¹

Noun

the loud harsh cry of a dog or certain other animals

Verb

1. (of a dog or other animal) to make its typical cry

2. to shout in an angry tone: he barked an order

3. bark up the wrong tree Informal to misdirect one's attention or efforts [Old English beorcan]

bark ²

Noun

an outer protective layer of dead corklike cells on the trunks of trees

Verb

1. to scrape or rub off (skin), as in an injury

2. to remove the bark from (a tree) [Old Norse börkr]

bark (bärk)

The protective outer covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of trees and other woody plants. Bark includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium. In older trees, bark is usually divided into inner bark, consisting of living phloem, and outer bark, consisting of the periderm (the phelloderm, cork cambium, and cork) and all the tissues outside it. The outer bark is mainly dead tissue that protects the tree from heat, cold, insects, and other dangers. The appearance of bark varies according to the manner in which the periderm forms, as in broken layers or smoother rings. Bark also has lenticels, porous corky areas that allow for the exchange of water vapor and gases with the interior living tissues.

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Noun	1.	bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants covering, 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. phellem, cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
	2.	bark - a noise resembling the bark of a dog noise - 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) masts barque sailing 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" mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
	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 skin strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
	4.	bark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" bay, quest - bark with prolonged noises, of dogs yap, yelp, yip - bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
	5.	bark - tan (a skin) with bark tannins tan - treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather