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Bark   /bɑrk/   Listen
Bark

noun
1.
Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
2.
A noise resembling the bark of a dog.
3.
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts.  Synonym: barque.
4.
The sound made by a dog.
verb
(past & past part. barked; pres. part. barking)
1.
Speak in an unfriendly tone.
2.
Cover with bark.
3.
Remove the bark of a tree.  Synonym: skin.
4.
Make barking sounds.
5.
Tan (a skin) with bark tannins.



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"Bark" Quotes from Famous Books



... you want?" he asked, staring at her with his black currant eyes, while he briskly picked the bark off a cinnamon-tree. ...
— The Louisa Alcott Reader - A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School • Louisa M. Alcott

... noble Taylor pup Survives to romp and bark And stumble over folks and things In fair ...
— John Smith, U.S.A. • Eugene Field

... from gum and bark of the decreasing vegetation. Dislodged stones rolled bounding from rock to rock into the abyss. To right and left the way went. There was not even the friendly beacon of the summit to beckon them. It seemed to St. George that their whole safety ...
— Romance Island • Zona Gale

... have been such a fool as give us this hold for our clutches, you still have sense enough to meditate on this ultimatum from our government. Do not bark, say nothing to any one; go to Contenson's, and change your dress, and then go home. Katt will tell you that at a word from you your little Lydie went downstairs, and has not been seen since. If you make ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac

... sawdust and bark I could stuff in the dark An owl better than that. I could make an old hat Look more like an owl Than that horrid fowl, Stuck up there so stiff like a side of coarse leather. In fact, about him ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 4 (of 4) • Various


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