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Park is a alternative form of bark.



In transitive terms the difference between bark and park

is that bark is to speak sharply while park is to enclose in a park, or as in a park.

As verbs the difference between bark and park

is that bark is to make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs) while park is to bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

As nouns the difference between bark and park

is that bark is the short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog while park is an area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.

As a proper noun Park is

{{surname|from=Korean}}, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. (박, 朴). The third most common Korean surname.

bark

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) barken, berken, borken, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
  • The neighbour's dog is always barking .
    The seal barked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
  • To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
  • * (rfdate), Tyndale.
  • They bark , and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
  • * (rfdate), Fuller
  • Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. .
  • To speak sharply.
  • The sergeant barked an order.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=January 5 , author=Mark Ashenden , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.}}
    Usage notes
    Historically, bork'' existed as a past tense form and ''borken as a past participle, but both forms are now obsolete.
    Derived terms
    * bark up the wrong tree * barking * barking dogs never bite * bebark * dogs bark *
    Synonyms
    * latrate (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
  • A similar sound made by some other animals.
  • (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
  • * circa 1921 , The Cambridge History of English and American Literature , vol 11:
  • Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to a bark in excitement.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bark, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia bark)
  • (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
  • * '>citation
  • Moving about 70 miles per hour, it crashed through the sturdy old-growth trees, snapping their limbs and shredding bark from their trunks.
  • (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
  • The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
  • * 2009 , Julie Reinhardt, She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book , page 151:
  • This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to the bark .
    Usage notes
    Usually uncountable; bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.
    Synonyms
    * (exterior covering of a tree) rind

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strip the bark from; to peel.
  • To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
  • to bark one’s heel
  • To girdle.
  • To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
  • bark the roof of a hut

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) , from Egyptian b?re .

    Alternative forms

    * barque

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
  • (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
  • * circa 1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116:
  • It is the star to every wandering bark
  • * circa 1880 , among the Poems of Emily Dickinson:
  • Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales,
  • (nautical) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
  • park

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.
  • # A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
  • #* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
  • While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
  • # A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
  • #* , chapter=23
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
  • #* 1994 , Robert Ferro,The Blue Star :
  • I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…
  • # An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
  • # (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
  • An area used for serious organized purposes.
  • # (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
  • # A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
  • # An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
  • # (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
  • #* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Owen Phillips, work=BBC
  • , title= Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool , passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}
  • (UK) An inventory of matériel.
  • (Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
  • * 2003 , “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout'', in Sleazegrinder (editor), ''Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll?s Frontline , page 174,
  • We got to the 9th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.
  • * 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia, unnumbered page,
  • Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.
  • * 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page,
  • We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

    Antonyms

    * (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, street

    Synonyms

    * (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plaza

    Derived terms

    * amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank park

    References

    * “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
  • You can park the car in front of the house.
    I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
  • (informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
  • Let's park that until next week's meeting.
  • To bring together in a park, or compact body.
  • To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
  • How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
  • (baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
  • He really parked that one.
  • (slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
  • They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .
  • (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
  • He came in and parked himself in our living room.
    Park your bags in the hall.
  • (finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
  • We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.
  • (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )
  • Antonyms

    (bring to a halt) (l)