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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.

bark³ also barque (bärk)

1. A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

2. A small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails.

[Middle English barke, boat, from Old French barque, from Old Italian barca, from Latin.]

bark¹

1. the loud abrupt usually harsh or gruff cry of a dog or any of certain other animals

2. a similar sound, such as one made by a person, gun, etc.

his bark is worse than his bite he is bad-tempered but harmless

1. (intr) (of a dog or any of certain other animals) to make its typical loud abrupt cry

2. (intr) (of a person, gun, etc.) to make a similar loud harsh sound

3. to say or shout in a brusque, peremptory, or angry tone he barked an order

4. US informal to advertise (a show, merchandise, etc.) by loudly addressing passers-by

bark up the wrong tree Informal to misdirect one's attention, efforts, etc.; be mistaken

[Old English beorcan; related to Lithuanian burgěti to quarrel, growl]

bark²

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a protective layer of dead corky cells on the outside of the stems of woody plants

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) any of several varieties of this substance that can be used in tanning, dyeing, or in medicine

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) an informal name for cinchona

vb (tr)

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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) to remove the bark or a circle of bark from (a tree or log)

3. to cover or enclose with bark

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) to tan (leather), principally by the tannins in barks

[from Old Norse börkr; related to Swedish, Danish bark, German Borke; compare Old Norse björkr birch]

bark³

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a variant spelling (esp US) of barque

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

bark¹

verb

1. yap, bay, howl, snarl, growl, yelp, woof Don't let the dogs bark.

2. shout, snap, yell, snarl, growl, berate, bawl, bluster, raise your voice I didn't mean to bark at you.

noun

yap, bay, howl, snarl, growl, yelp, woof The Doberman let out a string of roaring barks.

bark²

noun

covering, casing, cover, skin, protection, layer, crust, housing, cortex (Anatomy, botany), rind, husk The spice comes from the inner bark of the tree.

verb

scrape, skin, strip, rub, scratch, shave, graze, scuff, flay, abrade She barked her thigh off the edge of the drawer.

Translations

bark¹ [bɑːk]

A. N [of tree] → corteza f

B. VT [+ tree] → descortezar; [+ skin] → raer, raspar
to bark one's shins → desollarse las espinillas

bark² [bɑːk]

A. N [of dog] → ladrido m
his bark is worse than his bite → perro ladrador, poco mordedor

B. VI

1. [dog] → ladrar (at a) [fox] → aullir
to be barking up the wrong tree → ir muy descaminado

2. (= speak sharply) → vociferar (at a)

C. VT (also bark out) [+ order] → escupir, gritar

bark³ [bɑːk] N (liter, poet) (= boat) → barco m

bark [ˈbɑː^rk]

vi [dog] → aboyer
to be barking up the wrong tree → faire fausse route

vt (= shout) to bark orders [person] → aboyer des ordres

[tree] → écorce f

[dog] → aboiement m
his bark is worse than his bite → il fait plus de bruit que de mal >
bark chippings npl → écorces fpl

bark¹

n (of tree) → Rinde f, → Borke f; to strip the bark from or off a tree → einen Baumstamm schälen

vt (= rub off) skin → aufschürfen; (= knock against) → anstoßen, anschlagen; to bark one’s shin against the table → sich (dat) → das Schienbein am Tisch anschlagen

bark²

n (of dog, seal, gun, cough) → Bellen nt; his bark is worse than his bite (Prov) → Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht (Prov)

vi → bellen; to bark at somebody → jdn anbellen; (person also) → jdn anfahren; to be barking up the wrong tree (fig inf) → auf dem Holzweg sein (inf)

bark³, barque

(poet) → Barke f (liter)

(Naut) → Bark f

bark¹ [bɑːk] n (of tree) → corteccia

bark² [bɑːk]

1. n (of dog) → latrato, abbaiare m
his bark is worse than his bite → abbaia ma non morde

2. vi to bark (at) → abbaiare a
to be barking up the wrong tree → essere sulla strada sbagliata, sbagliarsi di grosso

bark out vt + adv (order) → urlare, abbaiare

bark² [bɑːk]

1. n (of dog) → latrato, abbaiare m
his bark is worse than his bite → abbaia ma non morde

2. vi to bark (at) → abbaiare a
to be barking up the wrong tree → essere sulla strada sbagliata, sbagliarsi di grosso

bark out vt + adv (order) → urlare, abbaiare

bark¹

n bark [baːk]

the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc. blaf نُباح лай štěkání gøen; bjæffen das Bellen γάβγισμα ladrido haugatus پارس؛ عوعو haukku aboiement נְבִיחָה भों-भों की आवाज lajati ugatás salakan, gong-gongan gelt abbaio, latrato ほえ声 짖는 소리 lojimas riešana; rejas salak geblaf bjeffing, gjøing szczekanie latido lătrat лай štekanie lajež lavež skall, skällande เสียงเห่าของสุนัข havlama (狗、狐等)吠叫聲 гавкання بھونکنے کی آواز tiếng sủa （狗、狐等）吠叫声

1 to make this sound The dog barked at the stranger. blaf يَنْبَح лая štěkat gø; bjæffe bellen γαβγίζω ladrar haukuma پارس کردن haukkua aboyer לִנְבוֹחַ भौंकना lajati ugat menyalak, menggong-gong gelta abbaiare, latrare ほえる 짖다 loti riet menyalak blaffen bjeffe, gjø szczekać ladrar a lătra лаять štekať lajati lajati skälla เห่า havlamak 吠叫 гавкати بھونکنا sủa 吠叫

2 to utter abruptly She barked a reply. toesnou يَنْطِقُ كَلاما بِصورةٍ مُفاجِئَه излайвам vyštěknout bjæffe schnauzen γαβγίζω (μτφ.), εκστομίζω κτ. απότομα και δυνατά ladrar, berrear, vociferar käratama به کسی پریدن ärähtää dire d'un ton brutal “לִנְבוח” अचानक बोलना izlanuti kiált membentak gelta, tala höstuglega gridare, urlare ほえるように言う 고함지르다 burbtelėti uzkliegt; uzbļaut memekik blaffen bjeffe, kommandere warknąć berrar a spune răstit рявкать vyšteknúť zabrusiti brecnuti se skälla (ryta) till ตะคอก bağırmak 突然喊出 гаркнути اچانک جواب دینا quát tháo 叫骂

bark²

n bark [baːk]

the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree He stripped the bark off the branch. bas لِحاءُ الشَّجَر кора на дърво kůra bark die Rinde φλοιός corteza (puu)koor پوستۀ درخت kaarna écorce קְלִיפַּת הַעִץ वृक्ष की छाल kora drveta kéreg kulit kayu trjábörkur corteccia 樹皮 나무껍질 žievė, tošis miza kulit kayu schors bark kora casca scoarţă, coajă кора kôra lubje kora bark เปลือกไม้ ağaç kabuğu 樹皮 кора درخت کی چھال vỏ cây 树皮

to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident I barked my shin on the table. afskaaf يَخْدِشُ، يَقْشِرُ обелвам кора на/оголвам дърво odřít (si) kůži skrabe abschürfen γδέρνω κατά λάθος raspar marraskile tõmbama تصادفاً پوست خود را خراشیدن nirhaista écorcher לִקְלוֹף चमड़ी उतरना zguliti kožu lehorzsol melecetkan skráma, hrufla scorticare すりむく 수피를 벗기다 nu(si)brozdinti noplēst mizu/ādu melecet schaven skrape zedrzeć skórę esfolar a jupui сдирать кожу odrieť si kožu odrgniti (kožo) oguliti skrapa ลอก (เปลือกต้นไม้) (düştüğünde dizinin/dirseğinin) derisini sıyırmak 擦破皮 здерти шкіру کھال اتارنا lột vỏ 擦破皮

bark → ينبح štěknout gø bellen γαβγίζω ladrar haukkua aboyer lajati abbaiare 吠える 짖다 blaffen bjeffe zaszczekać ladrar, latir лаять skälla เห่า havlamak sủa 犬吠

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