bark
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animalsThe short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
» The dog barked at the stranger.
Der Hund hat den Fremden angebellt.
Собака облаяла незнакомца.
Собака залаяла на незнакомца.
Собака загавкав на незнайомця.
Meaning
14 sensesThe short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
Bellen, Gebell
лайlaj
гавкітhavkit, брехня́brexnjá
the sound made by a dog
(figuratively)An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Bellen, Gebell
The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.
(countable)(video games) A short, repeatable, and unobtrusive voiceline spoken by an NPC.
(countable, uncountable)The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree or of various other woody plants.
Borke, Rinde
кора́korá
кора́korá
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
(countable, uncountable)Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
(countable, uncountable)Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
(countable, uncountable)The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
(countable, uncountable)The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
(US, Western, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Woodchips.
(poetic)A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
ба́ркаbárka
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Bark
баркbark
Examples
694 sentencesThe dog barked at the stranger.
Собака загавкав на незнайомця.
ruСобака облаяла незнакомца.
deDer Hund hat den Fremden angebellt.
The dog barks at all strangers.
Собака гавкає на всіх незнайомців.
ruСобака лает на всех незнакомцев.
deDer Hund bellt alle fremden Leute an.
The dog always barks at me.
Собака завжди на мене бреше.
ruСобака всё время на меня лает.
deDer Hund bellt mich immer an.
The dog kept barking all night.
Собака гавкав усю ніч.
ruСобака пролаяла всю ночь.
deDer Hund hat die ganze Nacht gebellt.
My dog barks all the time.
Мій собака весь час гавкає.
ruМоя собака всё время лает.
deMein Hund bellt die ganze Zeit.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from theFrom Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the Proto-West Germanic *berkan (“to bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerg- (“to make a noise, growl, bark”), from *bʰer- (“to drone, hum, buzz”).
From Middle English bark, from Old English barc (“bark”), from Old Norse bǫrkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz, probably related to *birkijǭ (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (compare Latin frāxinus (“ash”), Lithuanian béržas (“birch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to gleam; white”) (compare English bright); akin to Danish bark, Icelandic börkur, Low German borke and Albanian berk (“bast”).
From Middle English barke (“boat”), from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of barge, barque and baris.
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Forms
plural: barksSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
59 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- dog barking
- dog barked at
- the dog barking
- dog was barking
- a dog barking
- dog started barking
- barking all night
- your dog bark
- neighbor's dog barked
- started barking
- dog barking all
- barking all