to make the short loud cry characteristic of a dog, or a sound similar to or in imitation of it

to speak in a curt, loud, and usu angry tone; to snap loudly

to say (something) in a curt, loud, and usu angry tone

the sound made by a barking dog, or a similar or imitative sound

a short sharp peremptory utterance

to scrape the skin of (a part of the body, e.g. the knee or shin) by accident

to remove some or all of the bark from (a tree)

to tan or dye (something) using substances such as tannin obtained from bark

NAmer see barque

The only other vessel in port was the Russian government bark, from Asitka, mounting eight guns — R H Dana

literary a boat of any kind