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debark en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /di.bɑɹk/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈbɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

debarcation

Translations (5)

ru выгружать (to unload) · fr débarquer (to unload) · bg стоварвам (to unload) · fi purkaa (to unload) · bg свалям (to unload)

debark en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /di.bɑɹk/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /diːˈbɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bark English debark From de- + bark (“covering of tree”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
   • On these photographs, the wide strips can be seen debarked from a horse chestnut tree (left) and from a poplar (right). This seems to be typical for trees with high moisture content. 2006, Tibor Horváth, Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection: A Multimedia Teaching Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 57:
   • Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […] 1975, Storm Data, page 18:

Forms

Deriveds

debarker

Translations (14)

mi kūihi (to remove bark) · bg свалям кората (to remove bark) · fr écorcer (to remove bark) · nmn ǃqʻóbi (to remove bark) · gl descascar (to remove bark) · fi kuoria (to remove bark) · mi ihi (to remove bark) · gl estonar (to remove bark) · ru окорять (to remove bark) · mi whakatākōkō (to remove bark) · sv barka (to remove bark) · br diruskañ (to remove bark) · gl pelar (to remove bark) · mi ihi kiri (to remove bark)

debark en · VERB · etymology 3

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bark English debark From de- + bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”).

Meanings

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

Forms