Debark
//dɪˈbɑːk// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To unload goods from an aircraft or ship. transitive
- 2 To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled. transitive
"Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]"
- 3 To devocalize (a dog). transitive
- 4 go ashore wordnet
- 5 To disembark. intransitive
Example
More examples"Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).
Etymology 2
From de- + bark (“covering of tree”).
Etymology 3
From de- + bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”).
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