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verb (1)

Definition of barknext
as in to peel
to remove the natural covering of barking a tree will probably kill it

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verb (2)

ˈbärk How to pronounce bark (audio)
as in to snarl
to speak sharply or irritably the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them

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bark

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noun

as in ship
a boat equipped with one or more sails took a small bark out on the lake

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Recent Examples of bark
Verb
In footage posted on X by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the dog named Giselle is heard barking from underneath the rubble as rescue team members attempt to locate the animal. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Zoom, Teams, and AirPods strip out the dog barking or the café behind you. — Vinay Kuruvila, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
In the post, the park included an image of a tree that was partially stripped of its bark, seemingly showing the damage from the storm. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 Each copy was written on birch bark leaves in honor of Potawatomi tradition. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bark
  1. snarl
  2. ship
  3. shout
  4. schooner
  5. yell
  6. frigate
  7. scream
  8. sloop
Verb
  • Goods that have been snarled in the delays have included building equipment, furniture, spare parts, and even fresh flowers.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
  • The next minutes are a blur of snarling teeth, thrashing claws and deadly hatchet blows.
    — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of snarl
Noun
  • After the Tuesday ship attacks, the US launched a fresh wave of strikes, hitting 80 targets across Iran.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • The launch fits a familiar Silicon Valley pattern — ship products first, ask for forgiveness later.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of ship
Verb
  • In a country that often seems to shout for attention, Chicago simply gets on with the work of being a great city.
    — Rima Suqi, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Thornton, the only starter in double figures, shouted out the bench, which combined for 52 points.
    — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of shout
Noun
  • One fishing vessel on view recalls the grisly story of Howard Blackburn, a Gloucester fisherman who went out as part of a big schooner to the Grand Banks.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Get out on the water in a different way with Traverse Tall Ship Company, offering tours aboard the biggest tall ship on Lake Michigan, the 114-foot schooner Manitou.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 24 June 2026
Definition of schooner
Verb
  • In the 57-second video, which could not be independently verified by PEOPLE, Mason walks away multiple times before turning back to continue yelling back and forth with Donalds.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • During the Cape Verde–versus-Argentina game, the YouTuber and Twitch streamer recorded a woman yelling racial slurs at him during the game.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 July 2026
Definition of yell
Noun
  • According to the officials, Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Zulfiqar was dispatched to the area where contact with the aircraft was lost.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Germany has decided to acquire eight MEKO A-200 warships from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), in place of six vessels under the F126 frigate program.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
Definition of frigate
Verb
  • From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Definition of scream
Noun
  • Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.
    — Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
  • Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of sloop

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