bark

bark
01. I don't think your dog likes me; he [barks] at me every time I walk past your house.
02. The [barking] of the seals could be heard all over the island.
03. The major [barked] out the orders to the soldiers.
04. Our dog [barks] a lot, but he's just being friendly. He would never actually bite anyone.
05. The neighbor's dog has been [barking] at night lately and waking us all up.
06. The hyenas were snarling and [barking] at the lion, trying to chase it away from its kill.
07. The [bark] of the tree is quite rough.
08. The arbutus tree changes its [bark] every year.
09. We chopped down the tree and stripped off the [bark] before beginning to chop it into smaller pieces.
10. The native people of the West Coast used the [bark] of cedar trees to make clothing.
11. The fire only singed the [bark] of the trees before being put out.
12. The [bark] of the tree had been all scratched up by a bear.
13. The elephants were ripping the [bark] off the trees and eating it.
14. I'm sorry for [barking] at you like that; I was feeling a bit stressed out.
15. The favorite food of beavers is the soft [bark] of certain types of trees.
16. Cork is made from the [bark] of trees.
17. A Danish proverb observes that a dog that [barks] all the time gets little attention.
18. In the mountains of Ecuador, there is a kind of bird which [barks] like a dog instead of singing.

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  • Bark — Bark, also known as periderm, is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants such as trees. It overlays the wood and consists of three layers, the cork or phellem, the phelloderm and the cork cambium or phellogen. Products used by… …   Wikipedia

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  • bark — bark1 [bärk] n. [ME < ON bǫrkr, akin to MLowG borke] 1. the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants 2. some kinds of this matter used in tanning, dyeing, etc. 3. CINCHONA vt. 1. to treat with a bark infusion, as in… …   English World dictionary

  • Bark — Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [1913 Webster] 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one s heel. [1913 Webster] 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t., 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bark — Ⅰ. bark [1] ► NOUN ▪ the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal. ► VERB 1) give a bark. 2) utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively. ● one s bark is worse than one s bite Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • BARK — ( Binär Aritmetisk Relä Kalkylator , Swedish for Binary Arithmetic Relay Calculator ) was an early electromechanical computer. BARK was built using standard phone relays, implementing a 32 bit binary machine and could perform addition in 150 ms… …   Wikipedia

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  • bark — vb Bark, bay, howl, growl, snarl, yelp, yap mean to make the sound of or a sound suggestive of a dog. Bark implies the sharp, explosive utterance characteristic of dogs; it may be used not only of them and of another animal (as a seal) that… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • bark — [n1] plant covering case, casing, coat, cortex, crust, husk, peeling, rind, shell, skin; concept 428 bark [n2] animal yelp bay, growl, grunt, howl, roar, snarl, woof, yap, yip; concept 64 bark [v1] yelp arf, bay, cry, gnarl, growl, howl, snap …   New thesaurus

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