Synonyms of barks

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noun

plural of bark

as in ships

a boat equipped with one or more sails

took a small bark out on the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ships
• schooners
• yachts
• frigates
• sloops
• sailboats
• dinghies
• windjammers
• galleys
• vessels
• ketches
• cutters
• clippers
• yawls
• brigantines
• pinnaces
• corvettes
• knockabouts
• caravels
• sailers
• catamarans
• catboats
• junk
• galleons
• luggers
• shallops
• square-riggers
• outriggers
• sharpies
• keelboats
• cat rigs
• crafts
• piraguas
• bugeyes
• caïques
• xebecs
• bottoms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peels
• shells
• husks
• hulls
• scales
• skins
• flays
• strips
• shucks
• bares
• exposes
• pares
• denudes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shouts
• yells
• snarls
• growls
• screams
• snaps
• shrieks
• grumbles
• roars
• sputters
• rants
• rages
• raves
• fulminates
• explodes
• vituperates
• vents
• tees off
• flares (up)
• storms
• flips (out)
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms (down)
• simmers down