barks 1 of 3

plural of bark

barks

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of bark
as in peels
to remove the natural covering of barking a tree will probably kill it

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barks

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of bark
as in shouts
to speak sharply or irritably the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them

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“Barks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barks. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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