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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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BARK definition: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
1. a. : to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog. b. : to make a noise resembling a bark. 2. : to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone : snap. 3. informal : to produce a usually sharp, sudden pain. … at 36 and with his mustache turning gray and his body barking back in pain, Luis DeLeon is in spring training with the Cubs.
noun. the external covering of the woody stems, branches, and roots of plants, as distinct and separable from the wood itself. Tanning. a mixture of oak and hemlock barks. candy, usually of chocolate with large pieces of nuts, made in flat sheets.
2. a similar sound, such as one made by a person, gun, etc. 3. See his or her bark is worse than his or her bite. verb. 4. (intransitive) (of a dog or any of certain other animals) to make its typical loud abrupt cry. 5. (intransitive) (of a person, gun, etc) to make a similar loud harsh sound.
BARK meaning: 1. the hard outer covering of a tree 2. the loud, rough noise that a dog and some other animals…. Learn more.
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.
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.
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.
BARK definition: 1. the hard substance that covers the surface of a tree 2. the sound that a dog makes 3. If a dog…. Learn more.
