v (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
v (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
v (transitive) To speak sharply.
n The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
n (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
n (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
n (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
n Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
n The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
n The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
v To strip the bark from; to peel.
v To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
v To girdle.
v To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
n (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
n (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
n (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
n (slang, obsolete) An Irish person.