debark — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To disembark.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

Verb

1. To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   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.

Verb

1. To devocalize (a dog).

   Usage

   • Transitive

Verb

1. go ashore

   Synonyms

   disembarkset down

   Broader terms

   landset down

   Examples

   The passengers disembarked at Southampton