B2verb · transitive · rare

bark

bark · barks · barked · barking

брехати, гавкати, гавкнути

лаять, гавкать, ободрать кору, обдирать кору

bellen, brüllen, blaffen, abrinden

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organsTo make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

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UK/bɑːk/US/bɑɹk/

» The dog barked at the stranger.

Der Hund hat den Fremden angebellt.

Собака облаяла незнакомца.

Собака залаяла на незнакомца.

Собака загавкав на незнайомця.

Meaning

7 senses

(intransitive)To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
The neighbour's dog is always barking.
The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
bellen
ла́ятьlájatʹ, га́вкатьgávkatʹ
бреха́тиbrexáty, га́вкатиhávkaty, га́вкнутиhávknuty
(intransitive)To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
make barking sounds
(transitive)To speak sharply.
The sergeant barked an order.
blaffen, brüllen
ря́вкатьrjávkatʹ, ря́вкнутьrjávknutʹ
speak in an unfriendly tone
To strip the bark from; to peel.
abrinden
ободра́ть кору́obodrátʹ korú, обдира́ть кору́obdirátʹ korú
cover with bark
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
I barked my shins climbing the fence.
ободра́тьobodrátʹ, обдира́тьobdirátʹ
To girdle.
To cover or enclose with bark, or as with bark.
to bark the roof of a hut
remove the bark of a tree

Examples

694 sentences

The dog barked at the stranger.
Собака загавкав на незнайомця. — deniko
ruСобака облаяла незнакомца. — marafon
deDer Hund hat den Fremden angebellt. — Dejo
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The dog barks at all strangers.
Собака гавкає на всіх незнайомців. — ChickenKiev
ruСобака лает на всех незнакомцев. — shanghainese
deDer Hund bellt alle fremden Leute an. — Sudajaengi
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The dog always barks at me.
Собака завжди на мене бреше. — deniko
ruСобака всё время на меня лает. — marafon
deDer Hund bellt mich immer an. — Manfredo
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The dog kept barking all night.
Собака гавкав усю ніч. — deniko
ruСобака пролаяла всю ночь. — odexed
deDer Hund hat die ganze Nacht gebellt. — mayabe
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My dog barks all the time.
Мій собака весь час гавкає. — deniko
ruМоя собака всё время лает. — marafon
deMein Hund bellt die ganze Zeit. — freddy1
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make a loud noise (dogs):

Русский

By meaning 4

to make a loud noise (dogs):

to speak sharply:

to strip the bark from, to peel:

to abrade or rub off any outer covering from:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to make a loud noise (dogs):

to speak sharply:

to strip the bark from, to peel:

Origin

From Middle English barken, berken, borken, from Old English beorcan (“to bark”), from the

From 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”).

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