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debarks

debarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debark.

Meaning of debark

Verb (1)

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

  1. (transitive) To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
  2. (intransitive) To disembark.

Verb (2)

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
    • Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]1975, Storm Data, page 18

Verb (3)

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

  1. (transitive) To devocalize (a dog).

Questions about debarks

What is debarks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Debarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debark.

Words near debarks in the dictionary

  1. debarkations
  2. debarked
  3. debarker
  4. debarkers
  5. debarking
  6. debarks
  7. debarment
  8. debarments
  9. debarnacle
  10. debarnacled
  11. debarnacles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: debarks (page history and authors); debark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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