Concept cluster: Actions > Tree bark or barking of a dog
n
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
adj
(poetic) Made of bark.
n
(historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
adj
(of a tree) Having bark.
v
(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
v
(transitive) To bark about; bark around; bark at.
v
(transitive) Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”)
v
(television, transitive) To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
v
(transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
v
(MLE, slang) To stab.
n
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
v
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
v
(obsolete) To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion.
n
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
n
(obsolete) A hit or thrust.
n
The midpoint of a bark.
n
The sound of an explosion.
n
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
n
The bark removed by ring-barking

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