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Definition: Meaning of, bark in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bɑːk /

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bark barked barked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
barking barks
  1. [intransitive] when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds [↪  growl]
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  2. also bark out [transitive] to say something quickly in a loud voice
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  3. bark up the wrong tree informal to have a wrong idea, or do something in a way that will not give you the information or result you want
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  4. [transitive] to rub the skin off your knee, elbow etc by falling or knocking against something [=  graze]
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bark barks
  1. [countable] the sharp loud sound made by a dog
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  2. [uncountable] the outer covering of a tree
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  3. [countable] a loud sound or voice
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  4. somebody's bark is worse than their bite used to say that someone who seems unpleasant or difficult to deal with, is not really too bad
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bark used in phrases

  • Cartagena bark (noun)
    1. a cinchona bark colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark
  • Georgia bark (noun)
    1. ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  • Jesuit's bark (noun)
    1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
  • Peruvian bark (noun)
    1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
  • angostura bark (noun)
    1. the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters
  • bark beetle (noun)
    1. small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
  • bark up the wrong tree (verb)
    1. follow a wrong assumption or line of thought; look in the wrong place
  • bark-louse (noun)
    1. any of several insects living on the bark of plants
  • bitter-bark (noun)
    1. ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  • cabbage bark (noun)
    1. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
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