What's the difference between bark and meow?

Bark


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strip the bark from; to peel.
  • (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
  • (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
  • (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
  • (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
  • (v. i.) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
  • (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
  • (n.) Alt. of Barque

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
  • (2) The cotton root bark, when used as an abortifacient, exhibits the lowest toxicity.
  • (3) Cruddas, who has several BNP councillors in his Barking constituency, told MPs in the House of Commons: "What's been uncovered in the internal workings of the BNP appears to be systematic illegality in terms of data protection, bugging, money laundering, theft and the operation of the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000."
  • (4) The non-phenolic components of the mature stem bark were shown to be (+)-pinitol, sucrose, glucose, fructose, l(-)-pipecolic acid, trans-4-hydroxy-l(-)-pipecolic acid, alpha-alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, l(-)-proline, serine, a ;steroid' alcohol and a long-chain beta-diketone.
  • (5) There is the sound of engines hissing and crackling, which have been mixed to seem as near to the ear as the camera was to the cars; there is a mostly unnoticeable rustle of leaves in the trees; periodically, so faintly that almost no one would register it consciously, there is the sound of a car rolling through an intersection a block or two over, off camera; a dog barks somewhere far away.
  • (6) As previously reported, the methanol extract from the bark of AN and the fractions of the methanol extract have protective effects for liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in rats.
  • (7) The root bark of S. paludosum which showed curare like activity yielded tomatidenol and another yet unidentified alkaloid responsible for the biological activity.
  • (8) "She sat next to me when I wrote songs, and barked any time I tried to record something, and she was with me in the studio all the time we recorded the last album ."
  • (9) In a letter to Hodge on Tuesday, Duncan also claimed that Hodge, the MP for Barking, had made “undoubtedly libellous assertions” about the tax affairs of the bank’s chief executive Stuart Gulliver.
  • (10) Aggressiveness was the most obvious symptom (71%) followed by salivation (48%), paresis and paralysis (28%) and barking (11%).
  • (11) For that matter, mulching with bark, grit or slate will help keep the surface roots cooler and retain moisture in hot weather.
  • (12) Although it had been anticipated that affordable private rents in expensive inner city areas such as Westminster would be scarce, the acute housing shortage in the capital means market rents outstrip benefit cap levels in cheaper outer London boroughs including Haringey, Waltham Forest, and Barking and Dagenham.
  • (13) The bill should authorize stiff fines for unruly dog behavior – to include noise violations from sustained barking and lunging – and misdemeanor criminal penalties for menacing waitstaff and patrons.
  • (14) Their barking drew an entertaining rebuke from Ta-Nehisi Coates to which we cannot resist linking, however: Carlson's descent from reasonably credible magazine journalist to inept race hustler is well mapped territory.
  • (15) The strategic locations are: Stratford, in east London, which is seen as an emerging Olympic city and centrepiece of the country's bid for the 2012 Olympics; Greenwich and Woolwich, involving new and rebuilt communities near the floundering millennium dome site; Barking, where work has already begun on a new township; Thurrock in Essex, involving a new urban development corporation with sweeping planning powers, and North Kent Thameside, between Dartford and Gravesend, which embraces Ebbsfleet.
  • (16) The methanol extract of the stem bark of Schumanniophyton magnificum and schumanniofoside, a chromone alkaloidal glycoside isolated from it, reduced the lethal effect of black cobra (Naja melanoleuca) venom in mice.
  • (17) The second case describes a seventeen year old school girl who suffered from barking coughing attacks.
  • (18) The expertise is only to be obtained by visiting the regions where the quinquina tree grows and finding one's way with the help of willing "cascarilleros", the Indians collecting the quinquina bark.
  • (19) The following month the commissioner of police, Sir Paul Stephenson, came to see me to persuade me that Nick Davies was barking up the wrong tree.
  • (20) The 'judge-led inquiry' that never was is shut down and investigating kidnap and torture in freedom's name will be left to a watchdog that never barks and which exonerated the spooks six years ago."

Meow


Definition:

  • (v. i. & n.) See 6th and 7th Mew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The survey found that, among clubbers who reported having taken ecstasy within the past month, three quarters had also taken mephedrone – known in the media as "meow meow" – within the same period.
  • (2) #p0rn What is genuinely concerning is that Meow has an option to hide a person's age, which could be very problematic in the wrong hands.
  • (3) It may be hard to tell in the latest show from the outrageously talented Meow Meow, a woman whose divinely sung and cleverly structured shows often give the impression of organised chaos.
  • (4) The idea of connecting with people all over the world is a nice one, and in this Meow has the potential to be the pen pal scheme for the internet generation.
  • (5) It's called Meow , and it's the chat app which is currently the most popular free app in the UK iTunes store.
  • (6) One article is headlined "The miserable meowing of Pussy Riot" .
  • (7) Returning from a meal with two friends whom I share a houseboat with on the Thames; a meowing above our heads alerted us to her.
  • (8) They took mephedrone – also known as M-Cat and Meow Meow – along with alcohol and methadone, the heroin substitute, while clubbing.
  • (9) We shall overcomb.” “Cats for Trump, the time is Meow.” “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.” Inside, every seat had been taken and the floor filled quickly with a standing room only crowd.
  • (10) Its website also featured a pro-Kremlin article, later deleted, attacking the "meowing" of the punk band Pussy Riot.
  • (11) Mephedrone , the former legal high known as "meow meow", is as popular as cocaine among teenagers and young adults despite being banned last year, according to official figures.
  • (12) When we visited her with the company president the day before she died, she stood up and meowed as if she was begging him to hold her,” Yamaki said.
  • (13) The pride celebration is a platform for that dialogue to happen,” San Francisco Pride board president Michelle Meow said.
  • (14) Photograph: Hannah Jane Parkinson I suspect that clicking "I understand" is not, as you would assume, an acknowledgement of understanding, but an actionable OK for Meow to spam your notifications list.
  • (15) The frustrating thing about Meow is that it could be a really strong app.
  • (16) By 2010, the drug, now dubbed meow meow by journalists, had become the fourth most popular drug on the market, after marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy.
  • (17) "We were all sleeping when the storm hit, but our cat started meowing so loudly that we all woke up," said Quinn Capacio, 22, as he traipsed through the streets with bottles of water and an umbrella.
  • (18) The deaths of two young men in Scunthorpe last Monday that have been linked to the new "legal high" mephedrone (colloquially known as plant food, meow meow, m-cat, or bubbles) has raised a great deal of public concern and loud calls for it to be made illegal.
  • (19) Mephedrone (also known as M-cat and meow meow), once considered as a drug with a positive low-risk profile, now tops the negative rankings for after-effects and unwanted effects on mental health.
  • (20) Meow shares its DNA with Chatroulette , Whisper and (RIP little guy) MSN messenger .

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