[bɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal


Phrases:
- be barking up the wrong tree
- someone's bark is worse than their bite

Origin:
Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break

[bɑːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark
(e.g: a dog barked at her)

- utter (a command or question) abruptly or aggressively
(e.g: he began barking out his orders)


Phrases:
- be barking up the wrong tree
- someone's bark is worse than their bite

Origin:
Old English beorc (noun), beorcan (verb), of Germanic origin; possibly related to break

[bɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the tough protective outer sheath of the trunk, branches, and twigs of a tree or woody shrub
(e.g: beavers feed on leaves and the living bark of trees)

- thin sheets of chocolate topped with ingredients such as nuts, confectionery, and dried fruit and broken into irregularly shaped pieces
(e.g: white chocolate bark studded with cranberries and pistachios)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch

[bɑːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood)
(e.g: they had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood)

- tan or dye (leather or other materials) using the tannins found in bark


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse bǫrkr; perhaps related to birch

[bɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ship or boat
(e.g: he moored his bark on the strand)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: variant of barque