(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. / (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. / (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.

(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge. / (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). / (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

To strip the bark from; to peel. / To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. / To girdle. / To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

simple past tense and past participle of bark

(in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.

Obsolete spelling of bark

(British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

The action of the verb to bark.