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bark

 
Noun bark has 4 senses
  1. bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
    --1 is a kind of
    covering, natural covering, cover
    --1 is a part of trunk, tree trunk, bole; branch; root
    --1 has particulars:
     cinnamon, cinnamon bark; cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon; cinnamon bark; magnolia; tanbark; mezereum; canella, canella bark, white cinnamon; cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark; cascarilla bark, eleuthra bark, sweetwood bark; cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark; winter's bark; tapa, tappa; angostura bark, angostura; cork; phellem, cork
    Derived forms: verb bark2, verb bark3
  2. bark - a noise resembling the bark of a dog
    --2 is a kind of
    noise
    Derived form: verb bark1
  3. bark, barque - a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
    --3 is a kind of sailing vessel, sailing ship
  4. bark - the sound made by a dog
    --4 is a kind of
    cry
    --4 has particulars: bow-wow
    Derived form: verb bark4
Verb bark has 5 senses
  1. bark - speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
    --1 is one way to
    talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
    Derived form: noun bark2
    Sample sentence:
    They bark that there was a traffic accident
  2. bark - cover with bark
    --2 is one way to
    cover
    Derived form: noun bark1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. bark, skin - remove the bark of a tree
    --3 is one way to strip
    Derived form: noun bark1
    Sample sentence:
    They bark the trees
  4. bark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
    --4 is one way to
    utter, emit, let out, let loose
    Derived forms: noun bark4, noun barker1, noun barker2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. bark - tan (a skin) with bark tannins
    --5 is one way to
    tan
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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