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Bark (verb)
To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
“give tongue”
“The neighbour’s dog is always barking.”
“The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.”
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Bark (verb)
To make a outcries.
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Bark (verb)
To speak sharply.
“The sergeant barked an order.”
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Bark (verb)
To strip the bark from; to peel.
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Bark (verb)
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
“to bark one’s heel”
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Bark (verb)
To girdle.
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Bark (verb)
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
“bark the roof of a hut”
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Bark (noun)
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
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Bark (noun)
An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
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Bark (noun)
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
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Bark (noun)
Peruvian bark or Jesuit’s bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
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Bark (noun)
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
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Bark (noun)
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
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Bark (noun)
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
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Bark (noun)
A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
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Bark (noun)
A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
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Bark (noun)
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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Scrape (verb)
To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
“She scraped her fingernails across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.”
“She scraped the blackboard with her fingernails.”
“Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.”
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Scrape (verb)
To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
“Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.”
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Scrape (verb)
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
“She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.”
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Scrape (verb)
To barely manage to achieve.
“I scraped a pass in the exam.”
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Scrape (verb)
To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
“Just use whatever you can scrape together.”
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Scrape (verb)
To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
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Scrape (verb)
To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
“He scraped and saved until he became rich.”
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Scrape (verb)
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
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Scrape (verb)
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
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Scrape (verb)
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
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Scrape (noun)
A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
“He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.”
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Scrape (noun)
A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
“He got in a scrape with the school bully.”
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Scrape (noun)
An awkward set of circumstances.
“I’m in a bit of a scrape — I’ve no money to buy my wife a birthday present.”
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Scrape (noun)
A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
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Scrape (noun)
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
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Scrape (noun)
A shallow pit dug as a hideout.