debark

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di.bɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Verb

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.

Translations

to unload

• Bulgarian: свалям (bg) (svaljam), стоварвам (bg) (stovarvam)
• Finnish: purkaa (fi)
• Russian: выгружать (ru) (vygružatʹ)

to disembark — see disembark

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} elŝipiĝi

Etymology 2

From de- +‎ bark (“covering of tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di.bɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Verb

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

1. (transitive, forestry) To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
   • 1975, Storm Data, page 18:

     Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]

   • 2006, Tibor Horváth, Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection: A Multimedia Teaching Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 57:

     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.

Derived terms

• debarker

Translations

to remove bark

• Breton: diruskañ (br)
• Bulgarian: свалям кората (svaljam korata)
• Finnish: kuoria (fi)
• Galician: estonar (gl), pelar (gl), descascar
• Maori: whakatākōkō, kūihi, ihi, ihi kiri
• Russian: окорять (ru) (okorjatʹ)
• Swedish: barka (sv)
• ǃXóõ: ǃqʻóbi

Etymology 3

From de- +‎ bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To devocalize (a dog).

Anagrams

• Drabek, barked, bedark, braked