bark

«bark» in Mova's school dictionary: the short loud sound a dog makes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bark, barks; bark, uncountable); verb (bark, barks, barked, barking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bark is the short loud sound a dog makes. tree →

2) To bark is to make this sound. tree →

3) Bark is the hard outer covering of a tree trunk and branches. tree →

4) To bark (at someone) is to say something in a loud, sharp voice, like an order. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, bark protects a tree from insects, weather and disease, like skin; you can count rings in the wood under it, not the bark. In pet care, dogs bark to warn, greet, or because they are bored or scared. In stories, a barking dog warns of strangers. Phrases: bark at, his bark is worse than his bite (he seems fierce but isn't), barking up the wrong tree (looking in the wrong place), tree bark.

examples

• The dog barked at the postman. tree →
• We heard a loud bark from next door. tree →
• The bark of the oak tree is rough. tree →
• Some animals eat tree bark in winter. tree →
• The coach barked orders at the team. tree →
• His bark is worse than his bite. tree →
• If you think I did it, you're barking up the wrong tree. tree →
• "Away, away," barked the old yard-dog. tree →

note

Bark has two unrelated meanings (dog sound and tree skin) — use the sentence to tell which. Bark of a tree is uncountable. "Barking mad" in British English means completely crazy (informal). Do not peel bark off living trees; it can harm them.

In the corpora

• Every street has its news: who parked where, whose dog barked, who has a new car.
• Elephants use their tusks to dig for water and salt, strip bark, move things and defend themselves.
• Cork comes from the thick bark of the cork oak, peeled about every 9 years without killing the tree.
• Many moths rest still on trees looking like bark, and when factory soot darkened trees, dark moths survived better than pale ones.
• A squirrel can run down a tree head first because its back ankles turn round so its claws hook into the bark facing up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bark» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.