Analysis Complete

bark

/ bark /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Type of:
sailing vessel sailing ship
noun Sense 2
the sound made by a dog
Type of:
cry
Kinds of:
bow-wow
noun Sense 3
a noise resembling the bark of a dog
Type of:
noise
noun Sense 4
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Type of:
covering natural covering cover
Kinds of:
cinnamon cinnamon bark cassia bark Chinese cinnamon magnolia
Has parts:
trunk tree trunk bole
Derived:
skin
verb Sense 5
tan (a skin) with bark tannins
Type of:
tan
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
speak in an unfriendly tone
"She barked into the dictaphone"
Type of:
talk speak utter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
verb Sense 7
make barking sounds
"The dogs barked at the stranger"
Type of:
utter emit let out
Kinds of:
bay quest yelp yip yap
Derived:
barker pooch doggie doggy bow-wow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 8
remove the bark of a tree
Type of:
strip
Derived:
skin rind peel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
cover with bark
Type of:
cover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
39
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

sailing vessel sailing ship cry bow-wow noise covering natural covering cover cinnamon cinnamon bark cassia bark Chinese cinnamon