Dictionary Entry
bark
bark is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strip the bark from; to peel. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To strip the bark from; to peel.
- 2transitive verb
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
- 3transitive verb
To girdle. See Girdle. t., 3.
- 4transitive verb
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
- 5intransitive verb
To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
- 6intransitive verb
To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- 7noun
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
- 8noun
Alt. of Barque
- 9noun
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Synonyms
- 10noun
the sound made by a dog
- 11noun
a noise resembling the bark of a dog
- 12noun
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
- 13verb
tan (a skin) with bark tannins
- 14verb
speak in an unfriendly tone
"She barked into the dictaphone"
- 15verb
make barking sounds
"The dogs barked at the stranger"
- 16verb
remove the bark of a tree
Synonyms
- 17verb
cover with bark
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