BARK
1 —none. 1 sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, etc. 2 sound like this. —verb. 1 (of a dog etc.) Give a bark. 2 speak or utter sharply or brusquely. 3 colloq. Cough harshly. ? bark up the wrong tree make false assumptions. [old english]
1 —none. 1 sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, etc. 2 sound like this. —verb. 1 (of a dog etc.) Give a bark. 2 speak or utter sharply or brusquely. 3 colloq. Cough harshly. ? bark up the wrong tree make false assumptions. [old english]
2 —none. Tough outer skin of tree-trunks, branches, etc. —verb. 1 graze (one`s shin etc.). 2 strip bark from. [scandinavian]