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- Dictionarybark/bɑːk/
noun
- 1. the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub: "beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees"
- 2. thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, confectionery, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces: "white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios"
verb
- 1. strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood): British "they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood"
- 2. tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark. technical
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The meaning of BARK is to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog. How to use bark in a sentence. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog; to make a noise resembling a bark; to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap…
BARK definition: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
n. 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.
Bark is the tough material that covers the outside of a tree. 4. See someone's bark is worse than their bite. 5. to be barking up the wrong tree. More Synonyms of bark. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. © COLOA Studio, Shutterstock. British English pronunciation. American English pronunciation.
BARK meaning: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
noun. the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog. a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox. a short, explosive sound, as of firearms: the bark of a revolver. a brusque order, reply, etc.: The foreman's bark sent the idlers back to their machines. a cough. verb (used without object)
: the short, loud sound made by a dog. The dog gave a loud bark. also : a similar sound.
A bark is the loud, sharp sound a dog makes. Seals also bark, and people sometimes bark with laughter or bark out commands. Bark is both a noun and a verb: if your dog is known for his noisy bark, it means that he barks all the time.
Definition of bark verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to rub off or scrape the skin of, as by bumping into something: to bark one's shins. to remove a circle of bark from; girdle. to cover, enclose, or encrust with or as if with bark. Clothing to treat with a bark infusion; tan. to strip the bark from; peel.
