| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| bark |
| 1. v. (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. |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. |
| 3. v. To speak sharply. |
| The sergeant barked an order. |
| 4. n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. |
| 5. n. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance. |
| 6. n. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. |
| 7. n. (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced. |
| 8. n. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. |
| 9. n. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it. |
| 10. v. To strip the bark from; to peel. |
| 11. v. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. |
| to bark one’s heel |
| 12. v. To girdle. |
| 13. v. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark. |
| bark the roof of a hut |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. |
| 15. n. (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. |
| 16. n. (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| bark |
| 1. n-c. bark (covering of the trunk of a tree) |
| (hyponyms, barka) |
| 2. n-c. barque (type of ship) |
