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noun bɑːkbɑrk 1The sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal. Example sentencesExamples - Whenever he came around, Chase would grow into a fit of barks and growls so ferocious Lia had to put him outside or in her bedroom.
- It was something in-between a bark and a growl and leaned strongly towards a snarl.
- Next thing she knew Poochie was making an uproar of barks and growls.
- The pup stopped in front of him, and gave a sharp bark.
- He heard the sharp bark of a dog moments before the bang of pistol fire.
- The bark of seals drowns out the din of the city you left behind, and at night the canal's placid silence is just what you need to decompress.
- Most of the wolves were nodding to each other and conversing in wolf speech, which consisted mostly of growls, grunts, barks and howls.
- Other species, including nonhuman primates, do not seem to learn vocalization in this way but have their various barks and growls hard-wired from birth.
- The closest the aliens are shown to violence in the movie is when, as they approach the house, Graham's dog outside barks… and her barks trail off into squeals, and into silence.
- As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval.
- They also communicate with snarls, barks, growls, and whines.
- Every second, even when the dog disappeared from view, I could hear its barks and growls.
- In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
- We're greeted by a chorus of excited barks and yelps.
- The dogs outside went into a flurry of barks and snarls, and we both looked up.
- The wolf gave a sharp bark and motioned towards the exit.
- I watch as they sit together, deep in conversation, oblivious to the yelps and scuffles and barks taking place around their feet.
- As soon as the click of key-in-lock was heard Melanie's sharp barks followed.
- A golden retriever was running quickly towards her, his sharp barks awakening the other dogs in the neighborhood.
- The apes bare the fierceness of their fangs, and their barks and snarls pierce the quietude of the forest.
Synonyms woof, yap, yelp, bay growl, snarl, howl - 1.1 A sound resembling a bark, typically one made by someone laughing or coughing.
Example sentencesExamples - I know some can feel D's pain when he lays it down about his love for the streets, but every time he screams, yells, howls and barks, I lose patience.
- The Prince laughed, if the humorless barks of sound could really be called laughter.
- A small bark of a laugh escaped the Freeman's lips, so close to her ear, yet his grip about her body only increased slightly.
- She laughed, a short scoff of a bark, and Lana even managed to smile, even if it was a bit wan and forced.
- Eve grabbed the door handle, turned it, then let out a bark of a laugh.
- A sharp bark erupted along with the whistling, she didn't pay much mind to it and thought she'd imagined it.
- A pull of the trigger and the short bark of the gun filled the immediate area even as other bullets and screams grew louder.
- After possibly hours of escaping, the heavy thundering of steps and short, barks of orders ended.
- The guys all elicited little coughs to hide their barks of laughter especially after they saw the look on Chantal's face.
- Then there is another pause before it all starts up again, fire dopplering from one side of town to the other, now a rapid series of what sound like the distinctive bark of an AK47.
- Freddy let out a sharp bark of laughter, causing Carter to come out of his stupor.
- She laughed then, her barks ringing among the trees.
- The words he spoke grated against the dry throat, and he coughed, the harsh bark filling the grand room as the man's own blood flecked his lips.
- A small bark of laughter sounded from her lips, and she turned to flash a small smile.
- Then JacobGoldGotti would laugh - a humorless bark that made everyone uneasy.
- A sharp inward breath as splinters from the wall behind and to his right whizzed past his ears as the explosive bark of the gun nearly deafened him.
- The chunky boy asked with a loud bark of a laugh before he shoved Sammy's shoulder hard enough that she stumbled back a step and further into the crates.
- Her face looks like thunder from the moment she gets up and any conversation is said in short barks.
- He guides you to long satisfying laughs or giddy giggles, while the rest of the cast scares you into sharp barks of laughter.
- With a sharp bark, Rush pulled away from the other robot, transforming into jet mode as he did so.
verb bɑːkbɑrk 1no object (of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark. Example sentencesExamples - A dog barks somewhere off in the floods, but otherwise it's awfully, eerily quiet.
- The dog barked at an empty space and my Dad finally admitted he'd had the same dreams as me.
- His older brother, Karl, was in the house but did not realise anything was wrong until he heard the dog barking.
- When I knocked on her door, the dog barked and came to sniff under the door.
- The kids in the village are swarming up and down my road tonight, setting the dogs barking.
- The wild dogs started barking and baring their teeth.
- At one point you could hear Laci's dog barking in the background.
- Neighbours found him after they heard the family dog barking repeatedly.
- Dogs barked at the sound of his voice and the words came reverberating back to him.
- The dog barked at the cat and made to steal the cat's food.
- The night was still, and not even the dogs barked back.
- The dog barked at the girl, baring it's canines threateningly at her.
- Dogs barked at the distance, greeting each other and saying farewell.
- The puppies barked at me, they wanted it back, and they were angry!
- She said: ‘At about 4am, my boyfriend woke up and the dog started barking.’
- A mass of dogs rush out barking, jumping up against the car.
- Car alarms are the most detested noise, followed by folks arguing, dogs barking, loud music, and banging doors.
- As I walked past, the dogs barked at me, and one lunged at me and bit me on the leg.
- A dog barked at her but completely ignored the stranger.
- He whines, whimpers and barks at anything that dares enter our garden, even if it's only birds doing a fly over.
Synonyms woof, yap, yelp, bay growl, snarl, howl, whine - 1.1 (of a person) make a sound resembling a bark.
Example sentencesExamples - He looked down at me from his dizzying height, and his sneer drew further across his face as the driver barked a laugh.
- The crowd barked, growled and occasionally molested one another.
- ‘I hear people coming up the stairs,’ Jack barked as the half dragged Motoko to the door.
- Got a surprise ‘Yow’ from the Angry Dawg a moment ago, he was barking from the office.
- The two hours sat listening to an orchestra of mobile phones, into which people barked: ‘I'm stuck on the train’ were enlightening.
- Mr Jones barked out: ‘Me and my friend Tony are having a pint so mind your own business.’
- It's probably the same feeling that people in Guantánamo Bay have, having had soldiers barking at them in English for two years.
- Where men bark at passing forklifts, women hiss and mangle any creature offensive enough to browse for shoes the same size as our own.
- He is often barking down the phone complaining about people not pulling their weight.
- ‘I don't have anything to say about it,’ the Education Secretary barked when his local newspaper asked for his view on the referendum decision on Friday.
- In one small room a grey-haired jobsworth barked angrily at three tourists who'd dared to point their fingers too close to a minor masterpiece.
- More or less, this is some old guy barking out of key over the sound that happens when a garbage can gets thrown down a flight of stairs.
- Sirius barked a laugh, earning a surprised glanced from the two younger men.
- The responding officer barks back, with the concern of a man who could be absorbing a bullet in the chest.
- There have been a few people barking about the trees that were chopped down in Jordan's Castle.
- The new lawyer barks rudely at the old lawyer and the judge.
- So we're staying at the Waldorf which is crammed with business people barking into mobile phones.
2with object Utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively. he began barking out his orders with direct speech ‘Nobody is allowed up here,’ he barked Example sentencesExamples - Kojiro never did anything except scream and yell and bark orders at everyone he came in contact with.
- The violent child, who couldn't have been more than four or five, was plucked from the group of children and a sharp command was barked.
- Then, Leslie barked some command, and we all started doing ‘side steps’.
- He terrified her with his brashness and the multiple phones on his desk and the way he would bark, ‘Hello, is that Tokyo?’
- But some gift: now anytime anybody barks a command her way, no matter how degrading or destructive, Ella instinctively jumps to the ready.
- But since she's a woman, barking orders left and right, she's suddenly a bad person.
- There was a brief pause before another question was barked with a peculiar undertone to it.
- Don't bark instructions: Don't shout encouragement like a coach with a megaphone.
- So as I'm talking to a customer, a well-heeled looking but visibly distressed woman barks at me, asking me where the entrance to the pool is.
- Snapping out from her thoughtful reverie, she barked an order to the warriors under her command.
- Adrian was at my side barking a command of his own.
- ‘Suck it up and get back on the trail,’ the director barked.
- They're the only ones allowed to look sensible and informed as they bark questions at shifty politicians.
- Often, when I'm at the airport I see long lines at ticket counters and no one using the kiosks until a roving airline agent barks at people to use the machines.
- The coach barked instructions for his players to stay put.
- He barked a command, and the soldiers within the wagon shouted, climbing out of the wagon, their swords long and wide to wield, yet with a devastating blade and strong hilted.
- His boss is a brutish oaf who barks orders and commands with little care for his employee's dignity.
- I'm halfway to my seat when the substitute teacher barks at me, ‘Sit down, sir!’
- Unseen in the Vancouver dugout, manager Jack McKeon barked commands into a transmitter.
- Soon the dazed POWs heard strange voices barking commands in English.
Synonyms say/speak brusquely, say/speak abruptly, say/speak angrily, snap, snarl, growl shout, bawl, cry, yell, roar, bellow, thunder North American informal holler - 2.1US no object Call out in order to sell or advertise something.
doormen bark at passers-by, promising hot music and cold beer Example sentencesExamples - The Black Dragon Pool Park was enjoyable,except for the countless vendors barking for my attention.
- A"Step right up to the Shootin' Corral fellas, first shot's for free!" he had barked in a greasy rasp at cringing fair-goers who tried to creep by his booth unnoticed,
- From a colourful assortment of fruits, vegetables, fish and meats to vendors barking about bargains for anybody who will listen.
- As the band lets the dueling guitars heat up, Johnson barks like a flea market pitchman, bargaining with wary shoppers for humanism and attention.
Phrases someone's bark is worse than their bite Someone's fierce and intimidating manner does not reflect their true nature. don't worry, her bark is worse than her bite Example sentencesExamples - While we'd never suggest that council meetings become dogfights, at Tuesday's Richmond Valley Council Cr Robert Mustow proved his bark is worse than his bite.
- On protectionism, Kerry-watchers wager that his bark is worse than his bite.
- Some people say my bark is worse than my bite, but I say you don't want to find out.
- Oh, don't mind him, dear, his bark is worse than his bite.
- He may seem very angry but don't worry his bark is worse than his bite.
- Theres enough here to prove theres still plenty of life in the old dog, its just that sometimes his bark is worse than his bite.
- While packs of dog-bite lawyers still roam free in California, here in Oregon, their bark is worse than their bite.
- Celeste Kane claims her bark is worse than her bite while Keith, not content to let sleeping dogs lie, starts checking out Veronica's pedigree.
- Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person.
- She smiled, ‘One of the things he mentioned is that your bark is worse than your bite.’
- So maybe I could turn down the confrontation a bit and you could see that my bark is worse than my bite.
- She gets jealous easily and loves to gossip, but don't worry, her bark is worse than her bite.
- Vera is fairly harmless and the inmates and other officers come to view her as a bit of a joke, understanding that her 'bark is worse than her bite'.
- They are very gentle dogs, and their bark is worse than their bite.
be barking up the wrong tree informal Be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action. his wife thinks he's under suspicion, but I'm sure she's barking up the wrong tree Example sentencesExamples - The ‘homophobia’ is pretty much present in the source material: anybody looking to Burroughs for an uplifting coming-out story is barking up the wrong tree.
- This is interesting and if it's true then we are all barking up the wrong tree with this discussion of ‘values.’
- However, pardon my pun, but I think he's barking up the wrong tree when he says that ‘marriage is the sapling and family the fully grown tree.’
- We also tried formulating a cunning plan to discourage a girl who's after him and needs to know she's barking up the wrong tree (so to speak).
- In my opinion, Congress is barking up the wrong tree here.
- ‘It seems a shame that people who live in the town feel the same way but on the other hand it proves I was not barking up the wrong tree,’ he said.
- Correct me if I'm barking up the wrong liberal guilt tree, but I am supposed to believe it's no one's fault if folks are fat - sorry, obese?
- Perhaps social critics are simply barking up the wrong tree.
- And assuming that there had been a positive correlation between such crimes and women dressing, you would still be barking up the wrong tree.
- I could be barking up the wrong tree here, but it's also very likely that my desire to conform is more unhealthy that trying to fit into a concept of uniform societal behaviour.
- ‘This would allow people to ring up newspapers and tell them they were barking up the wrong tree, should apologise and should not publish the information,’ said the Mr Kaufman.
- We're barking up the wrong tree if we think that ‘taxing the rich’ will solve all our problems.
- We feel we are tantalizing close to a complete unified theory, but we might be miles away or barking up the wrong tree.
- If they don't look at that seriously, we were barking up the wrong tree.
- Those claiming that the Tramore AFC youth squad's frenetic programme of matches in such a short period, so close to vital examinations, is due to their cup run are barking up the wrong tree.
- Let's be clear here - no-one is predicting that violence will cease due to this capture so harping on about that is an exercise in barking up the wrong tree.
- ‘Countries, including Jamaica, are barking up the wrong tree if they expect continuation of preferential treatment in a time of increased competition among states,’ said the Jamaica Gleaner.
- See how the how The Age's Stephen Bartholomeusz responds when he believes Herald Sun hack Terry McCrann is barking up the wrong tree.
- But if you're - to tell you the truth, David, if you're thinking I care about this particular story, you're barking up the wrong tree.
- The controversy that is now starting up about the tactics the Russian authorities used in freeing the Moscow hostages is just the media barking up the wrong tree as usual.
Origin Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break1. Dogs have always barked, so it is not surprising that bark is a prehistoric word. If someone's bark is worse than their bite they are not as ferocious as they appear. To bark at the moon meaning ‘to make a fuss with no effect’, is first recorded in the 17th century. To bark up the wrong tree is from 19th-century America. People have been barking or barking mad since the 1930s. The bark of a tree is possibly related to the name of the birch tree (Old English). Bark or barque (Middle English) is also an old-fashioned word for a boat from Latin barca ‘ship's boat’, from which we get embark (mid 16th century).
Rhymes arc, ark, Bach, barque, Braque, Clark, clerk, dark, embark, hark, impark, Iraq, Ladakh, Lamarck, lark, macaque, marc, mark, marque, narc, nark, Newark, park, quark, sark, shark, snark, spark, stark, Vlach noun bɑːkbɑrk mass noun1The tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub. beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees Example sentencesExamples - Later in the season, the caterpillars re-emerge to spin cocoons and overwinter under the loose bark of the trees.
- As her focus was shifted slightly from her path, a tree stood stationary as she collided into the sharp bark.
- They assume the form of inanimate objects such as bird droppings, tree bark and leaves to protect themselves.
- The trees still had brown bark and bright green leaves, but the blossoms were blue, purple, silver, all at once.
- Dropping with my back against the tree, the sharp edges of the bark cut my hands in several places.
- The tree's bark has started to peel, a sure sign that it is dying, Griffiths adds.
- The many foresters in the group moved slowly as well, squinting up at the crowns of the trees, feeling bark and leaves and identifying the many species we walked among.
- Rhea pressed her hands against the trunk of a tree, it's bark smooth and gray-green.
- The beetle normally hatches in August and then spends the winter, dormant, in larvae beneath the bark.
- Despite being a tree with relatively smooth bark, the branch flexed a little and scraped at his palms.
- Being leaf eaters, they eat a great deal of leaves, fruits, twigs, and tree bark; they have chambered stomachs.
- I started to look on the ground around the tree for fallen bark and branches, and what I saw was a veritable goldmine of wood that would be just the thing for the huts.
- They allow me to operate at a comfortable standing position and to feel around before snipping, avoiding damage to the bark of the hedge itself.
- On the outer bark of the tree are brown spots, said to resemble the rust spots of nails.
- This kind of older tree bark was removed easily by hand.
- We sheltered under the shade of the massive overwhelming oak trees whose bark was protected from vandalism by vicious spikes forced into the trunk.
- The guava has a bark of smooth brown that flakes off from time to time revealing its sensuous green undergarment.
- Visitors also have a chance to taste tambelo, a grub that lives inside the bark of mangroves.
- The woodpeckers peel large chunks of bark off of dead trees while foraging for insects.
- I leaned onto the rough bark of the tree branch, wondering if that what a good thing.
Synonyms rind, skin, peel, sheath, covering, outer layer, coating, casing, crust cork technical cortex, integument, bast - 1.1 Bark used for tanning leather, making dyestuffs, or as a mulch in gardening.
top-dress lime-hating shrubs with bark Example sentencesExamples - As a mulch, bark is a boon, but its colour can make for a drab garden in winter.
- Fresh paint has been applied, and pathways have been lined with bark chips, new trees and shrubs.
- Mulch with grass clippings, well rotted manure, ground bark or pine needles.
- Dressing the final layer of soil with mulch or bark will help retain water.
- Outside, the treated material was covered by a thick layer of tree waste, like bark and sawdust, to remove odours from the compost.
- I took the tree guards off to let the hens have a root around, then cleared the grass from around the tree, top dressed with bonemeal, added a good mulch of bark and replaced the guards.
- Use a premixed potting soil, usually composed of sand, peat moss, fine bark, perlite or vermiculite.
- Shredded bark, as opposed to nuggets or chips, provides the best coverage and, in my opinion, looks the best.
- Two inches of bark chips or cocoa shells make a good mulch for a bed of heathers.
- Don't allow bark around moth orchid roots to dry completely.
- I've bought 15 bags of bark, on special offer at the garden centre, to cover the soil and keep it maintenance-free.
- If your garden lacks good drainage, work fully composted pine or fir bark or a similar organic amendment into the soil.
- After that, because the soil level usually sinks a little during the growing season, I top it off in late winter with an inch of fine bark mulch.
- I've staked the broad beans and begun mulching with mini bark chips to keep the weeds down and the soil moist now that it's wet.
- Use compost or composted fir bark approximately 30 percent by volume.
- When planting, ensure the shrubs establish quickly by thoroughly soaking the rootballs and covering the ground with a thick mulch of bark chippings.
- The fabric or plastic is laid on top of the soil and then covered with a layer of bark chips.
- If I mulch heavily during the flood season, I end up with a yard full of evergreen boughs and a garden choked with soggy bark.
- To avoid this problem in the future, in fall after the ground has frozen, mulch the planting with 2 to 4 inches of bark.
- Maintain soil moisture and keep roots warm in winter and cool in summer with a mulch of pine needles or pine bark.
2with modifier Thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, confectionery, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces. white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios
verb bɑːkbɑrk [with object]1British Strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood) they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood Example sentencesExamples - The others barked the logs, the sawing was done, and each one of the nine men received two wagon loads of good lumber for his share.
- We felled trees for posts and beams using an old Royal Chinook two-person falling saw and then barked the logs with large drawknives.
- When the celebrations reached their height, initiates climbed nine-foot trees that were barked and notched to form ladders.
- 1.1 Scrape the skin off (one's shin) by accidentally hitting it against something hard.
it's pitch black—I barked my shin and took a tumble in a nettle bed Example sentencesExamples - Moving blindly, he barked his shin, found the railing and climbed the steps.
- She barked her shin on the coffee table in her haste to get to the bathroom.
- She barked her shin painfully on the "bench" rock, and her legs gave out, so that she sprawled ungracefully over it.
- But, when you tumble over and bark your shins, you are less than enamoured by gravity.
- At least, I barked my shin against something solid.
- But the room was tiny and I barked my shin on one thing or another repeatedly.
- I barked my shin soundly on the sharp edge of her new shoe rack.
- A doctor from Olaf Tryggvason went aboard, but all he could find by way of sickness was a man who had barked his shin on a barrel.
- I barked my knees and shins several times on the way, but before long I found myself standing at the viewing area.
- Behind her, Tian stumbled forward with a neck-snapping jerk and barked his shin on another rock, one he hadn't seen and the plow had, for a wonder, missed.
- He barked his shin on a hidden stump and swore softly but continued on toward the scrap.
- I scraped off a good bit of skin on my right forearm, barked my shin, and nicked up my right knee.
- I thought to myself "Man, I'm going to have an ugly bruise where I barked my shin today."
- Desperate for a wee, he did two laps of the living room barking his shins and becoming increasingly panicky before finally locating the light switch and making good his escape.
Synonyms scrape, graze, scratch, abrade, scuff, rasp, skin, rub something raw cut, lacerate, chafe, strip, flay, wound technical excoriate
2technical Tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark. Example sentencesExamples - He would use varnish and cottonseed oil and some ink black to bark the grain in the wood.
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch. noun bɑːkbɑrk archaic, literary A ship or boat. Example sentencesExamples - On an indictment for manslaughter it appeared that the prisoner was a pilot, and was on board a Portuguese barque sailing down the Thames.
- Our NOVA team, which coalesced in Giza last night, was immersed in that story today as we examined and filmed the famous Solar Barque of Khufu.
- If this journey included a trip on the Nile, the golden barque was put on a papyriform transport boat and taken to its destination.
Origin Late Middle English: variant of barque. nounbärkbɑrk 1The sharp explosive cry of certain animals, especially a dog, fox, or seal. Example sentencesExamples - The bark of seals drowns out the din of the city you left behind, and at night the canal's placid silence is just what you need to decompress.
- As soon as the click of key-in-lock was heard Melanie's sharp barks followed.
- Next thing she knew Poochie was making an uproar of barks and growls.
- A golden retriever was running quickly towards her, his sharp barks awakening the other dogs in the neighborhood.
- He heard the sharp bark of a dog moments before the bang of pistol fire.
- It was something in-between a bark and a growl and leaned strongly towards a snarl.
- We're greeted by a chorus of excited barks and yelps.
- In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
- They also communicate with snarls, barks, growls, and whines.
- I watch as they sit together, deep in conversation, oblivious to the yelps and scuffles and barks taking place around their feet.
- The dogs outside went into a flurry of barks and snarls, and we both looked up.
- Most of the wolves were nodding to each other and conversing in wolf speech, which consisted mostly of growls, grunts, barks and howls.
- Every second, even when the dog disappeared from view, I could hear its barks and growls.
- The closest the aliens are shown to violence in the movie is when, as they approach the house, Graham's dog outside barks… and her barks trail off into squeals, and into silence.
- Whenever he came around, Chase would grow into a fit of barks and growls so ferocious Lia had to put him outside or in her bedroom.
- The pup stopped in front of him, and gave a sharp bark.
- The apes bare the fierceness of their fangs, and their barks and snarls pierce the quietude of the forest.
- As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval.
- The wolf gave a sharp bark and motioned towards the exit.
- Other species, including nonhuman primates, do not seem to learn vocalization in this way but have their various barks and growls hard-wired from birth.
- 1.1 A sound resembling a sharp explosive cry, typically one made by someone laughing or coughing.
Example sentencesExamples - Her face looks like thunder from the moment she gets up and any conversation is said in short barks.
- He guides you to long satisfying laughs or giddy giggles, while the rest of the cast scares you into sharp barks of laughter.
- A pull of the trigger and the short bark of the gun filled the immediate area even as other bullets and screams grew louder.
- The guys all elicited little coughs to hide their barks of laughter especially after they saw the look on Chantal's face.
- Then JacobGoldGotti would laugh - a humorless bark that made everyone uneasy.
- A small bark of a laugh escaped the Freeman's lips, so close to her ear, yet his grip about her body only increased slightly.
- The Prince laughed, if the humorless barks of sound could really be called laughter.
- Then there is another pause before it all starts up again, fire dopplering from one side of town to the other, now a rapid series of what sound like the distinctive bark of an AK47.
- The words he spoke grated against the dry throat, and he coughed, the harsh bark filling the grand room as the man's own blood flecked his lips.
- I know some can feel D's pain when he lays it down about his love for the streets, but every time he screams, yells, howls and barks, I lose patience.
- A sharp bark erupted along with the whistling, she didn't pay much mind to it and thought she'd imagined it.
- Freddy let out a sharp bark of laughter, causing Carter to come out of his stupor.
- A sharp inward breath as splinters from the wall behind and to his right whizzed past his ears as the explosive bark of the gun nearly deafened him.
- She laughed, a short scoff of a bark, and Lana even managed to smile, even if it was a bit wan and forced.
- Eve grabbed the door handle, turned it, then let out a bark of a laugh.
- After possibly hours of escaping, the heavy thundering of steps and short, barks of orders ended.
- The chunky boy asked with a loud bark of a laugh before he shoved Sammy's shoulder hard enough that she stumbled back a step and further into the crates.
- A small bark of laughter sounded from her lips, and she turned to flash a small smile.
- With a sharp bark, Rush pulled away from the other robot, transforming into jet mode as he did so.
- She laughed then, her barks ringing among the trees.
verbbärkbɑrk 1no object (of a dog or other animal) emit a bark. Example sentencesExamples - A mass of dogs rush out barking, jumping up against the car.
- Dogs barked at the distance, greeting each other and saying farewell.
- The kids in the village are swarming up and down my road tonight, setting the dogs barking.
- At one point you could hear Laci's dog barking in the background.
- Neighbours found him after they heard the family dog barking repeatedly.
- The wild dogs started barking and baring their teeth.
- She said: ‘At about 4am, my boyfriend woke up and the dog started barking.’
- The puppies barked at me, they wanted it back, and they were angry!
- When I knocked on her door, the dog barked and came to sniff under the door.
- The dog barked at an empty space and my Dad finally admitted he'd had the same dreams as me.
- A dog barks somewhere off in the floods, but otherwise it's awfully, eerily quiet.
- As I walked past, the dogs barked at me, and one lunged at me and bit me on the leg.
- A dog barked at her but completely ignored the stranger.
- Car alarms are the most detested noise, followed by folks arguing, dogs barking, loud music, and banging doors.
- The dog barked at the cat and made to steal the cat's food.
- Dogs barked at the sound of his voice and the words came reverberating back to him.
- The night was still, and not even the dogs barked back.
- The dog barked at the girl, baring it's canines threateningly at her.
- He whines, whimpers and barks at anything that dares enter our garden, even if it's only birds doing a fly over.
- His older brother, Karl, was in the house but did not realise anything was wrong until he heard the dog barking.
- 1.1 (of a person) make a sound, such as a cough or a laugh, resembling a bark.
Example sentencesExamples - The two hours sat listening to an orchestra of mobile phones, into which people barked: ‘I'm stuck on the train’ were enlightening.
- Got a surprise ‘Yow’ from the Angry Dawg a moment ago, he was barking from the office.
- In one small room a grey-haired jobsworth barked angrily at three tourists who'd dared to point their fingers too close to a minor masterpiece.
- There have been a few people barking about the trees that were chopped down in Jordan's Castle.
- Mr Jones barked out: ‘Me and my friend Tony are having a pint so mind your own business.’
- More or less, this is some old guy barking out of key over the sound that happens when a garbage can gets thrown down a flight of stairs.
- The crowd barked, growled and occasionally molested one another.
- So we're staying at the Waldorf which is crammed with business people barking into mobile phones.
- He is often barking down the phone complaining about people not pulling their weight.
- ‘I don't have anything to say about it,’ the Education Secretary barked when his local newspaper asked for his view on the referendum decision on Friday.
- Sirius barked a laugh, earning a surprised glanced from the two younger men.
- Where men bark at passing forklifts, women hiss and mangle any creature offensive enough to browse for shoes the same size as our own.
- The responding officer barks back, with the concern of a man who could be absorbing a bullet in the chest.
- He looked down at me from his dizzying height, and his sneer drew further across his face as the driver barked a laugh.
- It's probably the same feeling that people in Guantánamo Bay have, having had soldiers barking at them in English for two years.
- ‘I hear people coming up the stairs,’ Jack barked as the half dragged Motoko to the door.
- The new lawyer barks rudely at the old lawyer and the judge.
2with object Utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively. he began barking out his orders with direct speech “Nobody is allowed up here,” he barked no object he was barking at me to make myself presentable Example sentencesExamples - ‘Suck it up and get back on the trail,’ the director barked.
- Don't bark instructions: Don't shout encouragement like a coach with a megaphone.
- Kojiro never did anything except scream and yell and bark orders at everyone he came in contact with.
- Soon the dazed POWs heard strange voices barking commands in English.
- There was a brief pause before another question was barked with a peculiar undertone to it.
- Adrian was at my side barking a command of his own.
- Snapping out from her thoughtful reverie, she barked an order to the warriors under her command.
- His boss is a brutish oaf who barks orders and commands with little care for his employee's dignity.
- Unseen in the Vancouver dugout, manager Jack McKeon barked commands into a transmitter.
- So as I'm talking to a customer, a well-heeled looking but visibly distressed woman barks at me, asking me where the entrance to the pool is.
- He terrified her with his brashness and the multiple phones on his desk and the way he would bark, ‘Hello, is that Tokyo?’
- He barked a command, and the soldiers within the wagon shouted, climbing out of the wagon, their swords long and wide to wield, yet with a devastating blade and strong hilted.
- They're the only ones allowed to look sensible and informed as they bark questions at shifty politicians.
- Then, Leslie barked some command, and we all started doing ‘side steps’.
- The coach barked instructions for his players to stay put.
- But since she's a woman, barking orders left and right, she's suddenly a bad person.
- Often, when I'm at the airport I see long lines at ticket counters and no one using the kiosks until a roving airline agent barks at people to use the machines.
- The violent child, who couldn't have been more than four or five, was plucked from the group of children and a sharp command was barked.
- I'm halfway to my seat when the substitute teacher barks at me, ‘Sit down, sir!’
- But some gift: now anytime anybody barks a command her way, no matter how degrading or destructive, Ella instinctively jumps to the ready.
Synonyms say brusquely, speak brusquely, say abruptly, speak abruptly, say angrily, speak angrily, snap, snarl, growl - 2.1US no object Call out in order to sell or advertise something.
doormen bark at passersby, promising hot music and cold beer Example sentencesExamples - A"Step right up to the Shootin' Corral fellas, first shot's for free!" he had barked in a greasy rasp at cringing fair-goers who tried to creep by his booth unnoticed,
- From a colourful assortment of fruits, vegetables, fish and meats to vendors barking about bargains for anybody who will listen.
- As the band lets the dueling guitars heat up, Johnson barks like a flea market pitchman, bargaining with wary shoppers for humanism and attention.
- The Black Dragon Pool Park was enjoyable,except for the countless vendors barking for my attention.
Phrases someone's bark is worse than their bite Someone is not as ferocious as they appear or sound. Example sentencesExamples - He may seem very angry but don't worry his bark is worse than his bite.
- On protectionism, Kerry-watchers wager that his bark is worse than his bite.
- Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person.
- Theres enough here to prove theres still plenty of life in the old dog, its just that sometimes his bark is worse than his bite.
- She gets jealous easily and loves to gossip, but don't worry, her bark is worse than her bite.
- She smiled, ‘One of the things he mentioned is that your bark is worse than your bite.’
- Some people say my bark is worse than my bite, but I say you don't want to find out.
- While packs of dog-bite lawyers still roam free in California, here in Oregon, their bark is worse than their bite.
- They are very gentle dogs, and their bark is worse than their bite.
- Celeste Kane claims her bark is worse than her bite while Keith, not content to let sleeping dogs lie, starts checking out Veronica's pedigree.
- Oh, don't mind him, dear, his bark is worse than his bite.
- Vera is fairly harmless and the inmates and other officers come to view her as a bit of a joke, understanding that her 'bark is worse than her bite'.
- While we'd never suggest that council meetings become dogfights, at Tuesday's Richmond Valley Council Cr Robert Mustow proved his bark is worse than his bite.
- So maybe I could turn down the confrontation a bit and you could see that my bark is worse than my bite.
be barking up the wrong tree informal Be pursuing a mistaken or misguided line of thought or course of action. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Countries, including Jamaica, are barking up the wrong tree if they expect continuation of preferential treatment in a time of increased competition among states,’ said the Jamaica Gleaner.
- If they don't look at that seriously, we were barking up the wrong tree.
- See how the how The Age's Stephen Bartholomeusz responds when he believes Herald Sun hack Terry McCrann is barking up the wrong tree.
- But if you're - to tell you the truth, David, if you're thinking I care about this particular story, you're barking up the wrong tree.
- The controversy that is now starting up about the tactics the Russian authorities used in freeing the Moscow hostages is just the media barking up the wrong tree as usual.
- Perhaps social critics are simply barking up the wrong tree.
- Those claiming that the Tramore AFC youth squad's frenetic programme of matches in such a short period, so close to vital examinations, is due to their cup run are barking up the wrong tree.
- We feel we are tantalizing close to a complete unified theory, but we might be miles away or barking up the wrong tree.
- This is interesting and if it's true then we are all barking up the wrong tree with this discussion of ‘values.’
- ‘It seems a shame that people who live in the town feel the same way but on the other hand it proves I was not barking up the wrong tree,’ he said.
- The ‘homophobia’ is pretty much present in the source material: anybody looking to Burroughs for an uplifting coming-out story is barking up the wrong tree.
- We also tried formulating a cunning plan to discourage a girl who's after him and needs to know she's barking up the wrong tree (so to speak).
- We're barking up the wrong tree if we think that ‘taxing the rich’ will solve all our problems.
- Correct me if I'm barking up the wrong liberal guilt tree, but I am supposed to believe it's no one's fault if folks are fat - sorry, obese?
- In my opinion, Congress is barking up the wrong tree here.
- And assuming that there had been a positive correlation between such crimes and women dressing, you would still be barking up the wrong tree.
- Let's be clear here - no-one is predicting that violence will cease due to this capture so harping on about that is an exercise in barking up the wrong tree.
- However, pardon my pun, but I think he's barking up the wrong tree when he says that ‘marriage is the sapling and family the fully grown tree.’
- I could be barking up the wrong tree here, but it's also very likely that my desire to conform is more unhealthy that trying to fit into a concept of uniform societal behaviour.
- ‘This would allow people to ring up newspapers and tell them they were barking up the wrong tree, should apologise and should not publish the information,’ said the Mr Kaufman.
Origin Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break. nounbärkbɑrk 1The tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub. Example sentencesExamples - On the outer bark of the tree are brown spots, said to resemble the rust spots of nails.
- The trees still had brown bark and bright green leaves, but the blossoms were blue, purple, silver, all at once.
- The guava has a bark of smooth brown that flakes off from time to time revealing its sensuous green undergarment.
- This kind of older tree bark was removed easily by hand.
- Visitors also have a chance to taste tambelo, a grub that lives inside the bark of mangroves.
- Despite being a tree with relatively smooth bark, the branch flexed a little and scraped at his palms.
- Rhea pressed her hands against the trunk of a tree, it's bark smooth and gray-green.
- Being leaf eaters, they eat a great deal of leaves, fruits, twigs, and tree bark; they have chambered stomachs.
- I leaned onto the rough bark of the tree branch, wondering if that what a good thing.
- They allow me to operate at a comfortable standing position and to feel around before snipping, avoiding damage to the bark of the hedge itself.
- The many foresters in the group moved slowly as well, squinting up at the crowns of the trees, feeling bark and leaves and identifying the many species we walked among.
- We sheltered under the shade of the massive overwhelming oak trees whose bark was protected from vandalism by vicious spikes forced into the trunk.
- The tree's bark has started to peel, a sure sign that it is dying, Griffiths adds.
- The beetle normally hatches in August and then spends the winter, dormant, in larvae beneath the bark.
- Dropping with my back against the tree, the sharp edges of the bark cut my hands in several places.
- The woodpeckers peel large chunks of bark off of dead trees while foraging for insects.
- As her focus was shifted slightly from her path, a tree stood stationary as she collided into the sharp bark.
- I started to look on the ground around the tree for fallen bark and branches, and what I saw was a veritable goldmine of wood that would be just the thing for the huts.
- They assume the form of inanimate objects such as bird droppings, tree bark and leaves to protect themselves.
- Later in the season, the caterpillars re-emerge to spin cocoons and overwinter under the loose bark of the trees.
Synonyms rind, skin, peel, sheath, covering, outer layer, coating, casing, crust - 1.1 The bark of a tree used for tanning leather, making dyestuffs, or as a mulch in gardening.
Example sentencesExamples - To avoid this problem in the future, in fall after the ground has frozen, mulch the planting with 2 to 4 inches of bark.
- If I mulch heavily during the flood season, I end up with a yard full of evergreen boughs and a garden choked with soggy bark.
- Fresh paint has been applied, and pathways have been lined with bark chips, new trees and shrubs.
- Use compost or composted fir bark approximately 30 percent by volume.
- If your garden lacks good drainage, work fully composted pine or fir bark or a similar organic amendment into the soil.
- When planting, ensure the shrubs establish quickly by thoroughly soaking the rootballs and covering the ground with a thick mulch of bark chippings.
- Use a premixed potting soil, usually composed of sand, peat moss, fine bark, perlite or vermiculite.
- The fabric or plastic is laid on top of the soil and then covered with a layer of bark chips.
- As a mulch, bark is a boon, but its colour can make for a drab garden in winter.
- Outside, the treated material was covered by a thick layer of tree waste, like bark and sawdust, to remove odours from the compost.
- I took the tree guards off to let the hens have a root around, then cleared the grass from around the tree, top dressed with bonemeal, added a good mulch of bark and replaced the guards.
- After that, because the soil level usually sinks a little during the growing season, I top it off in late winter with an inch of fine bark mulch.
- Shredded bark, as opposed to nuggets or chips, provides the best coverage and, in my opinion, looks the best.
- Mulch with grass clippings, well rotted manure, ground bark or pine needles.
- I've bought 15 bags of bark, on special offer at the garden centre, to cover the soil and keep it maintenance-free.
- I've staked the broad beans and begun mulching with mini bark chips to keep the weeds down and the soil moist now that it's wet.
- Don't allow bark around moth orchid roots to dry completely.
- Dressing the final layer of soil with mulch or bark will help retain water.
- Two inches of bark chips or cocoa shells make a good mulch for a bed of heathers.
- Maintain soil moisture and keep roots warm in winter and cool in summer with a mulch of pine needles or pine bark.
2with modifier Thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, candy, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces. white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios there's always room for another piece of peppermint bark
verbbärkbɑrk [with object]1British Strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood). Example sentencesExamples - When the celebrations reached their height, initiates climbed nine-foot trees that were barked and notched to form ladders.
- We felled trees for posts and beams using an old Royal Chinook two-person falling saw and then barked the logs with large drawknives.
- The others barked the logs, the sawing was done, and each one of the nine men received two wagon loads of good lumber for his share.
- 1.1 Scrape the skin off (one's shin) by accidentally hitting it against something hard.
Example sentencesExamples - But the room was tiny and I barked my shin on one thing or another repeatedly.
- I barked my shin soundly on the sharp edge of her new shoe rack.
- Behind her, Tian stumbled forward with a neck-snapping jerk and barked his shin on another rock, one he hadn't seen and the plow had, for a wonder, missed.
- But, when you tumble over and bark your shins, you are less than enamoured by gravity.
- I scraped off a good bit of skin on my right forearm, barked my shin, and nicked up my right knee.
- I thought to myself "Man, I'm going to have an ugly bruise where I barked my shin today."
- At least, I barked my shin against something solid.
- He barked his shin on a hidden stump and swore softly but continued on toward the scrap.
- She barked her shin on the coffee table in her haste to get to the bathroom.
- A doctor from Olaf Tryggvason went aboard, but all he could find by way of sickness was a man who had barked his shin on a barrel.
- I barked my knees and shins several times on the way, but before long I found myself standing at the viewing area.
- She barked her shin painfully on the "bench" rock, and her legs gave out, so that she sprawled ungracefully over it.
- Moving blindly, he barked his shin, found the railing and climbed the steps.
- Desperate for a wee, he did two laps of the living room barking his shins and becoming increasingly panicky before finally locating the light switch and making good his escape.
Synonyms scrape, graze, scratch, abrade, scuff, rasp, skin, rub something raw
2technical Tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark. Example sentencesExamples - He would use varnish and cottonseed oil and some ink black to bark the grain in the wood.
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch. nounbärkbɑrk literary, archaic A ship or boat. Example sentencesExamples - Our NOVA team, which coalesced in Giza last night, was immersed in that story today as we examined and filmed the famous Solar Barque of Khufu.
- On an indictment for manslaughter it appeared that the prisoner was a pilot, and was on board a Portuguese barque sailing down the Thames.
- If this journey included a trip on the Nile, the golden barque was put on a papyriform transport boat and taken to its destination.
Origin Late Middle English: variant of barque. |