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bark

/bɑɹk/noun, verb1 syllable

Bark means: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts.

Synonyms for bark6

noun, as in a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

barque

verb, as in remove the bark of a tree

skin

also used for bark

give tongue, latrate, rind, woof

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What does bark mean?9

noun

1

a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

2

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

3

a noise resembling the bark of a dog

4

the sound made by a dog

verb

1

remove the bark of a tree

2

speak in an unfriendly tone“She barked into the dictaphone”

3

cover with bark

4

make barking sounds“The dogs barked at the stranger”

5

tan (a skin) with bark tannins

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bark?14

two syllables

remarkembark
Show 40 near rhymes
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Bark in a sentence

  • They say that when dogs bark, the caravan still moves on.shekitten
  • When the thief heard the dog bark, he took to his heels.Delian
  • As soon as the dog saw me, it began to bark.CK
  • The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.Adelpa
  • You could train a goat to do practically anything a dog does, except bark.Hybrid
  • Despite the bark mulch, borage is sprouting up around the original plant.mollydot
  • Moose are herbivores and mainly eat plants such as twigs, leaves, and bark.Amastan
  • A tree affected by the bark beetle, like a rock, crumbles.AmarMecheri

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Forms of bark

as a noun

plural
barks

as a verb

past tense
barked
present participle
barking
third-person singular
barks
past participle
barked