bark

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bark [bark barks barked barking] noun, verb BrE [bɑːk] NAmE [bɑːrk]
noun uncountable, countable
1. the outer covering of a tree
2. the short loud sound made by dogs and some other animals
3. a short loud sound made by a gun or a voice
•a bark of laughter

Word Origin:
n. senses 2 to 3 and v. senses 1 to 2 Old English beorc beorcan Germanic ↑breakn. sense 1 and v. sense 3 Middle English Old Norse bǫrkr ↑birch

Example Bank:
•The bark peels off in summer.
•The dog gave a loud bark.
•The people strip the bark and use it in medicines.
Idioms: ↑barking up the wrong tree ▪ ↑somebody's bark is worse than their bite
 
verb
1. intransitive ~ (at sb/sth) when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound
•The dog suddenly started barking at us.
2. transitive to give orders, ask questions, etc. in a loud, unfriendly way
•~ out sth She barked out an order.
•~ sth (at sb) He barked questions at her.
•+ speech ‘Who are you?’ he barked.
3. transitive ~ sth (especially BrE)to rub the skin off your knee, etc. by falling or by knocking against sth
Syn: ↑graze
•I barked my shins when I fell on the steps.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 2 to 3 and v. senses 1 to 2 Old English beorc beorcan Germanic ↑breakn. sense 1 and v. sense 3 Middle English Old Norse bǫrkr ↑birch

Example Bank:
•The dog was barking furiously at a cat.

 
see why keep a dog and bark yourself? at ↑dog _n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  barque, skin