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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/b��(r)k/
rhymes|��(r)k
Homophone: barque

Etymology 1
From the Middle English bark, from the Old Norse börkr (meaning tree bark), from the Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to the Proto-Germanic *berkjon (meaning birch), from Proto-Indo-European *bhergo, from the Proto-Indo-European base *bhereg- (meaning to gleam or white). Akin to Danish and Swedish bark, Icelandic börkr, and Low German borke.

Noun
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en-noun|s|-

1. countable uncountable The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2. medicine Peruvian Bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.

Usage notes
Usage note: Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.

Related terms
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ringbark
paperbark
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stringybark

Translations
trans-top|exterior covering of a tree
Afrikaans: bas
Arabic: ARchar|�حاء unicode|(liħ��)
Bosnian: t-|bs|kora|f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|ко�а|f|trkora|scCyrl
Croatian: t-|hr|kora|f
Czech: t-|cs|kůra|f
Danish: t-|da|bark|c
Dutch: t+|nl|schors|f, t+|nl|bast|f
Estonian: t-|et|koor
Finnish: kuori (soft), kaarna (hard), tuohi (of a birch)
French: t+|fr|écorce|f
German: Rinde f, Rinden p
Hungarian: t+|hu|kéreg
Italian: corteccia f, scorza f (dialect)
Japanese: 樹� (���, juhi), ��� (����, ki no kawá)
Korean: �무�� (namu kkeopjil), �� (supi)
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Latin: cortex (corticis) m and f
Ojibwe: wanagek, wanagekwag p
Polish: t+|pl|kora|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|casca|f
Russian: t+|ru|ко�а|f|trkorá|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: rùsg m, cairt f, sgrath f
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|lubje|n, t+|sl|skorja|f
Spanish: t+|es|corteza|f
Swahili: chamba s, vyamba p, gome s, magome p (noun 5/6)''
Swedish: t-|sv|bark|c
Thai: THchar|��ลือ� (pleùùak), THchar|��ลือ��ม� (pleùùak máái)
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trans-top|in medicine: Peruvian Bark
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Verb
en-verb

1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.

#: to bark one�s heel

1. To girdle.
2. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

#: bark the roof of a hut

Translations
trans-top|To strip the bark from, to peel
Bulgarian: обелвам ко�а на (obelvam kora na)
Danish afbarke
Dutch: ontschorsen
Finnish: kuoria, tuohia (of a birch)
German: abrinden
Italian: t-|it|scortecciare
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Japanese: 樹���� (������, juhi o hágu)
Kurdish: FAchar|بح��پ�, FAchar|ب�����
Russian: обод�а��/обди�а�� ко�а|ко�� (obodrát'/obdirát' korú)
Scottish Gaelic: rùisg, plaoisg
Spanish: descortezar
Swedish: t-|sv|barka
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trans-top|To abrade or rub off any outer covering from
Danish skrubbe
Dutch: schrapen
Finnish: t-|fi|kuoria, t-|fi|raapia
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Russian: обод�а��/обди�а�� (obodrát'/obdirát')
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trans-top|To girdle
See girdle.
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trans-top|To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark
Danish tække
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Etymology 2
From the Middle English berken (meaning to bark), from the Old English beorcan, from the Proto-Germanic *berkanan, of echoic/imitative origin. Akin to the Icelandic berkja.

Noun
en-noun

1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
2. A similar sound made by some other animals.
3. figurative An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

#*circa 1921 CE: Foxâ��s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement. — The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Vol XI.

Translations
trans-top|short, loud, explosive utterance
Afrikaans: blaf, geblaf
Bulgarian: лай (laj) m
Crimean Tatar: talamak
Danish gøen c
Dutch: geblaf n
Finnish: haukku, haukahdus (individual)
French: t+|fr|aboiement|m
German: Bellen n, Gebell n
Hebrew: he-translation|נ����|nevikhá f
Hungarian: ugatás
Italian: t+|it|abbaiamento|m
Japanese: ��声 (����, hoegóe)
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Kurdish:

Latin: latratus m
Novial: aboyo
Ojibwe: migiwin
Polish: szczekanie n
Portuguese: t+|pt|latido|m
Russian: лай (laj) m
Slovene: t+|sl|lajež|m
Spanish: ladrido m
Swedish: t+|sv|skall|n
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trans-top|similar sound of other animals
Finnish: haukku, haukahdus (individual)
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trans-top|figurative: abrupt utterance
Finnish: haukahdus
German: Bellen n, Gebell n
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Kurdish: t|ku|reyîn, t|ku|ewtîn, t|ku|rewîn
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Verb
en-verb

1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcry|outcries.

#: They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. — Tyndale.
#: Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. — Fuller.

1. To speak sharply.

#: The sergeant barked an order.

Related terms
barking

Translations
trans-top|to make a loud noise (dogs)
Czech: t-|cs|št�kat
Danish: gø, bjæffe
Dutch: t+|nl|blaffen
Estonian: haukuma
Finnish: haukkua, haukahtaa (once)
French: t-|fr|aboyer
German: t+|de|bellen
Hebrew: he-translation|�נ���|linvó`akh
Japanese: Jpan|��� (Jpan|���, hoeru)
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Kurdish: KUchar|���پا
Polish: szczeka�
Portuguese: t+|pt|latir
Russian: t+|ru|ла���|trlájat'|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: tabhainn
Slovene: t+|sl|lajati
Spanish: t+|es|ladrar
Swedish: t+|sv|skälla
Tagalog: kahol
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trans-top|to make a clamor
Danish: råbe op
Finnish: murista, nurista
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trans-top|to speak sharply
Danish: råbe, bjæffe (slang)
Dutch: t+|nl|blaffen
Finnish: ärjyä, ärjäistä (once)
German: t-|de|blaffen, t+|de|brüllen
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Spanish: t+|es|ladrar
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ла� (laja)
ttbc|Hungarian: ugat
ttbc|Italian: abbaiare (1)
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ttbc|Korean: �� (jitda)
ttbc|Latin: latrare (1,3), baubor (1)
ttbc|Novial: aboya
ttbc|Ojibwe: migi
ttbc|Swahili: -bwekea
ttbc|Thai: THchar|�ห�า (hào)
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Etymology 3
From the ME. barke (meaning boat), from the Middle French barque, from the Late Latin barca, from the Vulgar Latin *barica, from the Greek βά�ι� (Egyptian boat), from the Coptic bari (meaning small boat).

Alternative spellings
barque

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A small sailing vessel, eg a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
2. poetic a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
3. nautical A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Quotations
circa 1880 CE: Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales, ... — Emily Dickinson (1830â��86), Poems

Translations
trans-top|small sailing vessel
Danish: fartøj, #Danish|bark
Finnish: t+|fi|pursi
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trans-top|poetic term for a boat
Finnish: t+|fi|pursi, t-|fi|venho
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trans-top|three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged
Danish: t-|da|bark
Dutch: t+|nl|bark|f
Finnish: t-|fi|parkki
French: t+|fr|barque|f
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German: t+|de|Bark|f
Hungarian: t+|hu|bárka
Portuguese: t+|pt|barca|f
Spanish: t+|es|barca|f
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Albanian

Noun
bark

1. belly

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Danish

Noun
bark c

1. bark#English|bark (large sailing boat)
2. bark#English|bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

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Dutch

Noun
nl-noun f ?

1. barge, a large type of rowing - or sailing boat
2. the bark of certain trees, used for its tannine

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Polish

Noun
bark m (genitive: barku, plural: barki)

1. shoulder
2. barque

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Swedish

Noun
bark c (uncountable, definite form: barken)

1. bark#English|bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

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