Word Finder - barked

definition

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).

example

The neighbour's dog is always barking.

synonyms

• give tongue

definition

To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

definition

To speak sharply.

example

The sergeant barked an order.

definition

To strip the bark from; to peel.

definition

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.

example

to bark one’s heel

definition

To girdle.

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To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

example

bark the roof of a hut

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(in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.

example

a rough-barked tree

He barked a laugh.

She barked and snatched his shirt.

The vamp barked a laugh and continued down the hall.

Horses stomped, dogs barked, and children scurried everywhere.

Cynthia barked, her face getting redder by the minute.

There were small white houses here, one with a dog that barked as she passed.

I lost a good many of them, not knowing the cause until I happened to pull up some of the dead young trees, when I found the main roots were all barked round by the common water-rat, working below the line of the snow during a hard winter.

Talon barked at her, and she realized she'd stopped walking.

Dusty barked into his mic.

The man with silver eyes barked at Daniela.

They stopped in the shadow of a hill, and Mansr barked quiet orders at the dozen warriors with them.

After a series of clicks, the lieutenant barked into the phone.

Brutus barked and she hushed him.

As he barked a welcome, steam rolled out of his mouth in a cloud.

It is well known in England for its graceful habit, the slender, grey - or white - barked stem, the delicate, drooping branches and the quivering leaves, a bright, clear green in s p r i n g, becoming duller in the summer, but often keeping their greenness rather late into the 5 autumn.

Keep up, or I'll leave you in this dimension! the Black God barked from atop another wave.

The donkey brayed, the hound barked, the cat mewed, and the rooster crowed.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief.

Sometimes one came near to my window, attracted by my light, barked a vulpine curse at me, and then retreated.

Striding to a tree, she barked an order.

Brutus didn't normally hang around the house, and he always barked at strangers.

I started asking around, but no one would tell me, so I-- " "Jonny!" he barked.

Hilden barked, all but tearing the bow from Taran's shoulder.

To her surprise, he barked a laugh of half-pain from their fall and half-triumph.

A dog barked down the alley and Dean turned to see a man walking a collie as his wife looked on from a doorway.