bark

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UK /bɑːk/ US /bɑɹk/

noun 12verb 7intj 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) on a tree

ADJ

rough | tree | birch, cinnamon, willow, etc.

VERB + BARK

peel off, strip

Workers peel the bark off birch trees to make traditional craft materials.

BARK + VERB

peel off

The old tree's bark peeled off after the harsh winter, revealing fresh wood underneath.

BARK + NOUN

chippings

(noun.) of a dog

ADJ

loud, noisy

VERB + BARK

give

The small terrier gave a sharp bark when the mailman arrived at the door.

(noun.) loud sound/voice

ADJ

short | harsh

VERB + BARK

give

The dog gave a sharp bark when the doorbell rang.

PHRASES

a bark of laughter

(verb.)

ADV

excitedly, frantically, furiously, loudly

PREP

My neighbor's dog always barks at the mailman when he comes to the door.

Definitions

verb

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

The neighbour's dog is always barking.

The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.

To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

And therefore they bark, and say the scripture maketh heretics.

Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.

To speak sharply.

The sergeant barked an order.

Plainly he was prepared to bark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer.

noun

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

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.

Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.

The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.

intj

The sound of a dog barking.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

barque

verb — remove the bark of a tree

skin

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bark up the wrong tree

To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.

The investigator spent days trying to prove the butler committed the murder, but it turns out he was barking up the wrong tree.

one's bark is worse than one's bite

One acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless.

all bark and no bite

Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on

History (or progress) moves ahead, no matter the criticism it may attract.

don't keep a dog and bark yourself

Don't do anything you are paying a more qualified person to do.

Example Bank

The neighbour's dog is always barking.

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The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.

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And therefore they bark, and say the scripture maketh heretics.

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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.

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The hardships of bark-collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilized Indians and people of mixed race, in the pay of speculators

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, bark is marked as figuratively, obsolete, slang, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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