bark vs scrape

bark

verb
  • To abrade or rub off any outer covering from. 

  • To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. 

  • To speak sharply. 

  • To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). 

  • To strip the bark from; to peel. 

  • To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark. 

  • To girdle. 

noun
  • The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it. 

  • The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree. 

  • Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced. 

  • A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged. 

  • The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals. 

  • An abrupt loud vocal utterance. 

  • The envelopment or outer covering of anything. 

  • A sailing vessel or boat of any kind. 

  • Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. 

scrape

verb
  • To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface. 

  • To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner. 

  • To occupy oneself with getting laboriously. 

  • To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow]. 

  • To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. 

  • To barely manage to achieve. 

  • To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument. 

  • To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure. 

  • To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page. 

  • To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down. 

noun
  • A shave. 

  • A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width. 

  • A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). 

  • A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage. 

  • An awkward set of circumstances. 

  • A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. 

  • A shallow pit dug as a hideout. 

  • A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape. 

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