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# bark

noun (a bark, barks; bark, uncountable); verb (bark, barks, barked, barking)

«bark» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bark is the short loud sound a dog makes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#m1)
2. To bark is to make this sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#m2)
3. Bark is the hard outer covering of a tree trunk and branches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#m3)
4. To bark (at someone) is to say something in a loud, sharp voice, like an order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, bark protects a tree from insects, weather and disease, like skin; you can count rings in the wood under it, not the bark. In pet care, dogs bark to warn, greet, or because they are bored or scared. In stories, a barking dog warns of strangers. Phrases: bark at, his bark is worse than his bite (he seems fierce but isn't), barking up the wrong tree (looking in the wrong place), tree bark.

### Examples

- The dog barked at the postman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x1)
- We heard a loud bark from next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x2)
- The bark of the oak tree is rough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x3)
- Some animals eat tree bark in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x4)
- The coach barked orders at the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x5)
- His bark is worse than his bite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x6)
- If you think I did it, you're barking up the wrong tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x7)
- "Away, away," barked the old yard-dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/#x8)

### Note

Bark has two unrelated meanings (dog sound and tree skin) — use the sentence to tell which. Bark of a tree is uncountable. "Barking mad" in British English means completely crazy (informal). Do not peel bark off living trees; it can harm them.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Isaiah calls the leaders "dumb dogs" because they do not warn the people. The tradition reads this as a charge against leaders who stay silent when they should speak up for what is right. In the primary lessons: In science, bark protects a tree from insects, weather and disease, like skin; you can count rings in the wood under it, not the bark. In pet care, dogs bark to warn, greet, or because they are bored or scared. In stories, a barking dog warns of strangers. Phrases: bark at, his bark is worse than his bite (he seems fierce but isn't), barking up the wrong tree (looking in the wrong place), tree bark.

### Examples

- His watchmen are all blind, without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; raving, lying down, loving to slumber. (Prophets ISA.56.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bark/#x1)

### Note

Bark has two unrelated meanings (dog sound and tree skin) — use the sentence to tell which. Bark of a tree is uncountable. "Barking mad" in British English means completely crazy (informal). Do not peel bark off living trees; it can harm them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bark» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bark/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bark» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bark.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bark» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bark/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bark» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bark.html) on Mova free.