This week's theme: less-known synonyms of everyday words. debark (di-BARK) verb tr., intr.
To disembark. [From French debarquer, de- from + barque ship.] debark (dee-BARK) verb tr. To remove the bark from a log or a dog. [De- + bark.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=debark -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Another stop is scheduled for pad 34, site of the Apollo 1 tragedy that claimed the lives of astronauts Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Thomas asks tourists to remove their caps when they debark." Billy Cox; Tour Space History 'Then and Now'; Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida); May 28, 2000. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=ax3&ad=aw Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul. -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). For subscriber services, visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/debark.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/debark.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/debark.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
