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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bark \Bark\, verb (used without an object) [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]
1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. --Tyndale.
Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bark \Bark\, noun The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, noun [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See {Barge}.]
1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. --Byron.
2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bark \Bark\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Barked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.]
1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, verb (used with an object), 3.
4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bark
noun
1: tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
2: a noise resembling the bark of a dog
3: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: {barque}]
4: the sound made by a dog
verb
1: speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
2: cover with bark
3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: {skin}]
4: make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
5: tan (a skin) with bark tannins
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
256 Moby Thesaurus words for "bark": ablate, abrade, abrase, advertise, animal noise, argosy, ballyhoo, bang, barking, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, bill, birdcall, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blemish, bloody, blubber, boat, boom, boost, bottom, bran, bray, break, breathe, bucket, build up, bulletin, burn, burst, buzz, cackle, call, capsule, case, caterwaul, chafe, chaff, chant, check, cheer, chip, chirp, circularize, clang, claw, coo, cork, corn shuck, cornhusk, cortex, crack, craft, craze, crow, cry, cry up, cut, decorticate, detonate, detonation, discharge, drawl, epicarp, erase, erode, establish, exclaim, excoriate, explode, explosion, file, flay, flute, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fulminate, fulmination, fusillade, gall, gash, gasp, give a write-up, give publicity, give tongue, give voice, gnaw, gnaw away, go off, grate, graze, grind, growl, grunt, gunshot, hail, halloo, hiss, holler, hollo, hooker, hoot, howl, howling, hulk, hull, hurrah, hurt, husk, incise, injure, jacket, keel, keen, lacerate, leviathan, lilt, low, maim, make mincemeat of, mating call, maul, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, mumble, murmur, mutilate, mutter, neigh, nicker, note, packet, palea, pant, pare, peel, peeling, phellum, pierce, pipe, placard, plug, pod, pop, post, post bills, post up, press-agent, promote, publicize, puff, pule, puncture, rallying cry, rasp, raze, rend, rind, rip, roar, rub away, rub off, rub out, rumble, run, rupture, salvo, savage, scald, scalp, scorch, scotch, scour, scrape, scratch, screak, scream, screech, scrub, scuff, sell, shell, ship, shot, shout, shriek, shuck, sibilate, sigh, sing, skin, slash, slit, snap, snarl, snort, sob, spiel, sprain, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, stab, stick, strain, stridulation, strip, tear, thunder, traumatize, troat, trumpet, tub, twang, ululate, ululation, vessel, volley, wail, war cry, war whoop, warble, watercraft, wear, wear away, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper, whoop, woodnote, wound, wrench, write up, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl
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