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View synonyms for debark

debark

1

[ dih-bahrk ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to disembark.


debark

2

[ dee-bahrk ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the bark from (a log).

debark

1

/ ˌdiːbɑːˈkeɪʃən; dɪˈbɑːk /

verb

  1. a less common word for disembark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


debark

2

/ diːˈbɑːk /

verb

  1. tr to remove the bark from (a tree)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • debarkation, noun
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Other Words From

  • de·bar·ka·tion [dee-bahr-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debark1

1645–55; < French débarquer, equivalent to dé- dis- 1 + barque bark 3 + -er infinitive suffix

Origin of debark2

First recorded in 1735–45; de- + bark 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debark1

C17: from French débarquer, from dé- dis 1+ barque barque

Origin of debark2

C18: from de- + bark 2
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Example Sentences

Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.

Walled in by all this gear was another passenger due to debark on Murna, snuffling and grunting with impatience.

Then I prayed that they might be moved to send out a canoe, so that I could debark and go inland for the day.

As to the living occupants of this strange interior, I saw that most of those whom we had seen debark were present.

At the lower end of the rapids (our Indians refusing to go further), we had to debark.

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