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Bark
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English bark < Old Norse börkr (tree bark) < Proto-Germanic *barkuz ; probably related to Proto-Germanic *berkjon (birch) < Proto-Indo-European *bhergo < PIE base *bhereg- (to gleam, white).
Akin to Danish and Swedish bark, Icelandic börkr, Low German borke.
Etymology 2
From Middle English berken (to bark) < Old English beorcan < Proto-Germanic *berkanan , of echoic origin. Akin to Icelandic berkja.
Etymology 3
From Middle English barke (boat) < Middle French barque < Late Latin barca < Vulgar Latin *barica < Greek βάρις (Egyptian boat) < Coptic bari (small boat).
Pronunciation
Homophones
Noun
bark
- the exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- Usage: usually uncountable; may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.
- (medicine) Peruvian Bark or Jesuits' Bark , the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- the loud vocal sound a dog makes.
- (figurative) abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- = barque.
Quotations
figurative: abrupt loud vocal utterance
- 1921?: Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement. — The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Vol XI,
barque
- 1880s??: Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales, ... — Emily Dickinson (1830–86), Poems
Related terms
- ringbark
- paperbark
- stringybark
Translations
tree bark (noun)
- Bulgarian: кора (kora) f
- Czech: kůra f
- Danish: bark c
- Estonian: koor
- Finnish: kaarna
- French: écorce f (1,2)
- German: Rinde f, Rinden pl
- Hungarian: kéreg
- Italian: scorza f, corteccia f
- Japanese: 樹皮 (じゅひ , juhi), 木の皮 (きのかわ , ki no kawá)
- Korean: 나무껍질 (namu kkeopjil), 수피 (supi)
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- Latin: cortex (corticis) m and f
- Ojibwe: wanagek , wanagekwag pl
- Polish: kora f
- Portuguese: casca f
- Russian: кора (korá) f, коры (korý) pl
- Slovene: lubje n, skorja f
- Spanish: corteza f
- Swahili: chamba sg, vyamba pl, gome sg, magome pl (noun 5/6)
- Swedish: bark c
- Thai: เปลือก (pleùùak), เปลือกไม้ (pleùùak máái)
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Verb
bark
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
- To girdle. See Girdle
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Translations
(verb)
- Bulgarian: обелвам кора на (obelvam kora na) (1)
- Danish afbarke (1); skrubbe (2); tække (4)
- German: abrinden
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- Japanese: 樹皮を剥ぐ (じゅひをはぐ , juhi o hágu) (1)
- Russian: окоривать (okorivát'), окорять (okorját')
- Spanish: descortezar
- Swedish: barka (1)
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Noun
bark
- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Translations
short, loud, explosive utterance (noun)
- Bulgarian: лай (laj) m
- Danish gøen c
- Finnish: haukku
- French: aboiement m
- German: Gebell n
- Hungarian: ugatás
- Italian: abbaiamento m
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- Japanese: 吠え声 (ほえごえ , hoegóe)
- Latin: latratus m
- Ojibwe: migiwin
- Portuguese: latido m
- Russian: лай (laj) m
- Spanish: ladrido m
- Swedish: skall n
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Verb
to bark
- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; — said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
- To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
Tyndale.
- Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
Fuller.
- To speak sharply.
- The sergeant barked an order.
Related terms
Translations
(verb)
- Bulgarian: лая (laja)
- Danish: gø (1), råbe op (2)
- Dutch: blaffen
- Estonian: haukuma
- Finnish: haukkua (1,3)
- French: aboyer
- German: bellen (1), brüllen (3)
- Hebrew: לנבוח (lin'bo'akh) (1)
- Italian: abbaiare (1)
- Japanese: 吠える (ほえる , hoéru)
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- Korean: 짖다 (jitda)
- Latin: latrare (1,3), baubor (1)
- Ojibwe: migi
- Portuguese: latir
- Russian: лаять / залаять (lájat' / zalájat')
- Slovene: lajati (1,3)
- Spanish: ladrar (1,3)
- Swahili: -bwekea
- Swedish: skälla (1)
- Thai: เห่า (hào)
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Noun
bark, also barque
- Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.
- (Nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Translations
boat (noun)
- French: barque f
- Danish: bark (2)
- German: Bark f, Barke f
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Dutch
Noun
bark f (Plural: barken , diminutive: barkje )
- larger sailing boat
Polish
Noun
bark m (genitive: barku, plural: barki )
- shoulder
- barque
Swedish
Noun
bark c (uncountable, definite form: barken )
- bark; Covering of the trunk of a tree.
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