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bark
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: barque
Etymology 1
From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-Germanic *berkan? (“to bark, rumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *b?er- (“to drone, hum, buzz”). Cognate with Icelandic berkja (“to bark, bluster”), Icelandic barki (“throat, windpipe”), dialectal Lithuanian burg??ti (“to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel”), Serbo-Croatian brbljati (“to murmur”). For the noun, compare Old English beorc, bearce (“barking”).
Verb
bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
- (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- Synonym: give tongue
- (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
- (transitive) To speak sharply.
Synonyms
- latrate (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bark (plural barks)
- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
- (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bark, from Old English barc (“bark”), from Old Norse b?rkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to *birkij? (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ergo- (compare Latin fr?xinus (“ash”), Lithuanian béržas (“birch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to gleam; white”) (compare English bright); akin to Danish bark, Icelandic börkur, Low German borke and Albanian berk (“bast”).
Noun
bark (countable and uncountable, plural barks)
- (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
- (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
- The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
- The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
Usage notes
Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.
Synonyms
- (exterior covering of a tree): rind
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bark (third-person singular simple present barks, present participle barking, simple past and past participle barked)
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
- To girdle.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
Derived terms
- ringbark
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English barke (“boat”), from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek ????? (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ????? (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian b?jr (“transport ship, type of fish”),
Doublet of barge and barque.
Alternative forms
- barque
Noun
bark (plural barks)
- (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
- (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Translations
Anagrams
- brak, kbar, krab
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *báruka, from Proto-Indo-European *b?or-uko-, from *b?er- (“to carry”). Compare Illyrian *??????. A doublet of bie, barrë, and barrë.
Noun
bark m (indefinite plural barqe, definite singular barku, definite plural barqet)
- (anatomy) belly
Declension
Derived terms
- zbërkoj
- lëbarke
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse b?rkr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bark/, [b?????]
Noun
bark c (singular definite barken, not used in plural form)
- bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse barki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bark/, [b?????]
Noun
bark c (singular definite barken, plural indefinite barker)
- bark (large sailing boat)
Inflection
References
- “bark” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “bark,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?rk/
- Hyphenation: bark
- Rhymes: -?rk
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bark m (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)
- the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch barke, from Old French barque.
Noun
bark f (plural barken, diminutive barkje n)
- barge, a large type of rowing or sailing boat
Anagrams
- brak, krab
Faroese
Etymology
From Danish bark, from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek ????? (báris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ????? (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian b?jr (“transport ship, type of fish”),
Noun
bark f (genitive singular barkar, plural barkir)
- (nautical) bark: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Declension
Synonyms
- barkskip
Middle English
Alternative forms
- barke
Etymology
From Old English bark, from Old Norse b?rkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bark/
Noun
bark (plural barkes)
- bark (a tree's covering, often used in leatherworking or as a pharmaceutical).
- The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit.
- (rare, Late Middle English, figuratively) A shallow look at something.
Derived terms
- barker
- barkyn
Descendants
- English: bark
- Scots: bark
References
- “bark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse b?rkr
Noun
bark m (definite singular barken, uncountable)
- bark (outer layer of trunks and branches of trees and bushes)
Derived terms
- hjernebark
See also
- bork (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
From Late Latin barca, via French barque
Noun
bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barker, definite plural barkene)
- (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)
References
- “bark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Late Latin barca, via French barque
Noun
bark m (definite singular barken, indefinite plural barkar, definite plural barkane)
- (nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)
References
- “bark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bark/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *b?rk?.
Noun
bark m inan
- shoulder
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latin barca.
Noun
bark m inan
- barque (sailing vessel)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bark m inan
- unit in the Bark scale
Further reading
- bark in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- bark in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/bark on the Polish Wikisource.pl.Wikisource:S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego/bark
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse b?rkr, from Proto-Germanic *barkuz.
Noun
bark c (uncountable)
- bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)
- Hyponym: barka
- barque (type of ship)
- Synonym: barkskepp
Declension
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below
English
Etymology
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- +? low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, alo?, alowe (“below”) and benethen (“beneath”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??lo?/
- Hyphenation: be?low
- Rhymes: -??
Preposition
below
- Lower in spatial position than.
- (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".
- "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."
- Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.
- one degree below kings
- Downstream of.
- South of.
- Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- who thinks no fact below his regard
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (stage directions) Downstage of.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
- Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
Synonyms
- (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
- (lower in value than): under
- (downstream of): downstream
- (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of): beneath
Antonyms
- (lower in spatial position than): above, over
- (lower in value than): over
- (downstream of): upstream
Derived terms
- below the belt
Translations
Adverb
below (not comparable)
- In a lower place.
- On a lower storey.
- Further down.
- (nautical) On a lower deck.
- (of a temperature) Below zero.
Synonyms
- (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
- (on a lower storey): downstairs
- (farther down): downwards
Antonyms
- (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
- (on a lower storey): upstairs
- (farther down): upwards
Translations
Derived terms
Pages starting with “below”.
- below average
- below decks/belowdecks
- belowground
- below par
- below the belt
- below the fold
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow
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