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present participle of bark
as in peeling
to remove the natural covering of barking a tree will probably kill it

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present participle of bark
as in shouting
to speak sharply or irritably the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them

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“Barking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barking. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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