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disbark

/dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)k/

disbark verb: to strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.

Verb (1)

disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)

  1. (transitive) To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
    • Lieutenant G. Drummon confirm'd what others had told me, of the great noiſe, like the diſcharge of Muskets, that they hear in the wooden houſes, whoſe Walls are made of Fir-trees (unſquar'd, and only diſbark'd,) upon very intenſe Froſts; […]1663, Robert Boyle, “An Appendix Containing Some Promiscuous Experiments & Observations Relating to the Precedent History of Cold. [Particulars Referable to the XIX. Title.]”, in New Experiments and...
    Synonyms:
    bark, excorticate

Verb (2)

disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)

  1. (obsolete) To disembark.
    • The ship we moor on these obscure abodes; / Disbark the sheep, an offering to the gods1725–1726, Homer, “Book 9”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

Synonyms of disbark

Forms of disbark

third-person singular presentdisbarks
present participledisbarking
past participledisbarked
pastdisbarked

Origin of disbark

From dis- + bark.

From Middle French desbarquer, from des- + barque.

Questions about disbark

What does disbark mean?
Disbark means to strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
What part of speech is disbark?
Disbark is a verb.
How do you pronounce disbark?
Disbark is pronounced /dɪsˈbɑː(ɹ)k/.
What is the past tense of disbark?
The past tense of disbark is disbarked.

Words near disbark in the dictionary

  1. disbandings
  2. disbandment
  3. disbandments
  4. disbands
  5. disbar
  6. disbark
  7. disbarked
  8. disbarking
  9. disbarks
  10. disbarment
  11. disbarments

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