unbark

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verb

To deprive or strip of the bark.

“to unbark a tree”

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Meanings

verbunbark (third-person singular simple present unbarks, present participle unbarking, simple past and past participle unbarked)

present singular third person unbarks · participle present unbarking · participle past unbarked · past unbarked

  1. To deprive or strip of the bark.

    to unbark a tree

    1 more example

    Unbark'd branch of a tree

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo disembark; to make land.

    Where they […] doe vnbarke themselues and vnlade their goods.

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin

From un- + bark.

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Translations

Finnish kuoria
  • kuoriato deprive of bark
Cite this entry
APA

unbark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbark

MLA

“unbark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbark. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbark.

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