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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English bark, from Old Norse bǫrkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to *birkijōn (“birch”) (compare English birch), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergo- (compare Latin frāxinus (“ash”), Lithuanian béržas (“birch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (“to gleam; white”) (compare English bright); akin to Danish bark, Icelandic börkr, and Low German borke.

[edit] Noun

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  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.
  3. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
    • 2009, Julie Reinhardt, She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book (page 151)
      This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to the bark.
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Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.

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exterior covering of a tree
in medicine — see Jesuit's bark

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bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)

  1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
  2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
    to bark one’s heel
  3. To girdle.
  4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
    bark the roof of a hut
[edit] Translations
to strip the bark from, to peel
to abrade or rub off any outer covering from
to girdle — see girdle
to cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark

[edit] Etymology 2

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From the Middle English berken (“to bark”), from the Old English beorcan, from the Proto-Germanic *berkanan, of echoic/imitative origin, from Proto-Indo-European *bherg-. Akin to the Icelandic berkja
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bark (plural barks)

  1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
  2. A similar sound made by some other animals.
  3. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
    • circa 1921 CE, The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Vol XI.
      Fox’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.
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short, loud, explosive utterance
similar sound of other animals
figurative: abrupt utterance

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bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
  2. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Tyndale.
      They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Fuller
      Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. .
  3. (transitive) To speak sharply.
    The sergeant barked an order.
    • 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC:
      While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.
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to make a loud noise (dogs)
to make a clamor
to speak sharply
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[edit] Etymology 3

From Middle English barke 'boat', from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris) 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic bari 'small boat', from Egyptian bēre.

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bark (plural barks)

  1. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
  2. (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
    • circa 1609 CE, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116
      It is the star to every wandering bark
    • circa 1880 CE, Poems, Emily Dickinson
      Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales, ...
  3. (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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small sailing vessel
poetic term for a boat
three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged

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bark m. (indefinite plural barqe, definite singular barku, definite plural barqet)

  1. (anatomy) belly

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declension of bark
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 bark barqe barku barqet
accusative
(kallëzore)		 bark barqe barkun barqet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 barku barqeve barkut barqeve
dative
(dhanore)		 barku barqeve barkut barqeve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 barku barqesh barkut barqeve

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bǫrkr.

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  • IPA: /bark/, [b̥ɑːɡ̊]

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bark c. (singular definite barken, not used in plural form)

  1. bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)

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From Old Norse barki

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  • IPA: /bark/, [b̥ɑːɡ̊]

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bark c. (singular definite barken, plural indefinite barker)

  1. bark (large sailing boat)
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of bark
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bark barken barker barkerne
genitive barks barkens barkers barkernes

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bark f. and m. (plural barken, diminutive barkje)

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

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[edit] Polish

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bark m. (genitive barku, plural barki)

  1. shoulder
  2. barque
  3. unit in the Bark scale

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bark c. (uncountable)

  1. bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)
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