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| 1. v. (intransitive) 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. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. | |
| 3. v. To speak sharply. | |
| The sergeant barked an order. | |
| 4. n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance. | |
| 6. n. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. | |
| 7. n. (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced. | |
| 8. n. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. | |
| 9. n. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it. | |
| 10. v. To strip the bark from; to peel. | |
| 11. v. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. | |
| to bark one’s heel | |
| 12. v. To girdle. | |
| 13. v. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark. | |
| bark the roof of a hut | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. | |
| 15. n. (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. | |
| 16. n. (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. | |
