# barked

Pronunciation: US say "BARKT" /bɑɹkt/; UK say "BAHKT" /bɑːkt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bark. — simple past and past participle of bark
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bark. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The sergeant barked commands across the parade ground._
   - _She had barked her shin against the leg of the table._

## Adjective

2. Having bark of a particular type, paired with a preceding word that names the texture, color, or thickness of that bark.
   - Simple: Having bark of a certain kind, the outer covering on a tree, named by the word in front.
   - _Botanists sorted the specimens into rough-barked and smooth-barked varieties._
   - _The thick-barked cork oak resists fire far better than its thin-barked neighbors._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/barked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).