barked 1 of 2

past tense of bark
as in peeled
to remove the natural covering of barking a tree will probably kill it

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barked

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verb (2)

past tense of bark
as in shouted
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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“Barked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barked. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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