bare
Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (10)
- having no clothes on the body“bare bodies”“naked from the waist up”“a nude model”Synonyms: au naturelnakednudeOpposite cladSimilar unclothed
- lacking in magnitude or quantity“a bare livelihood”“a scanty harvest”“a spare diet”Synonyms: scantyspareOpposite ampleSimilar meager, meagre
- not having a protective covering“unsheathed cables”“a bare blade”Synonyms: unsheathedOpposite sheathed
- lacking its natural or customary covering“a bare hill”“bare feet”Opposite coveredSimilar undraped, unroofed, naked, bald
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit“a bare majority”“a marginal victory”Synonyms: marginalOpposite wideSimilar narrow
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications“only the bare facts”“shocked by the mere idea”“the simple passage of time was enough”“the simple truth”Synonyms: meresimpleOpposite fancySimilar plain
- lacking a surface finish such as paint“bare wood”“unfinished furniture”Synonyms: unfinished
- providing no shelter or sustenance“bare rocky hills”“barren lands”“the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes”“the desolate surface of the moon”“a stark landscape”Synonyms: barrenbleakdesolatestark
- having everything extraneous removed including contents“the bare walls”“the cupboard was bare”Synonyms: stripped
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation“a plain hair style”“unembellished white walls”“functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete”Synonyms: plainspareunembellishedunornamented
Verb (3)bared, baring
- expose to view“bare your breasts”“bare your feelings”More general uncover, expose
- make public“She aired her opinions on welfare”Synonyms: publicizepubliciseairMore general tellMore specific publish, circulate, air, bulletin, hype
- lay bare“denude a forest”Synonyms: denudedenudatestripMore general clearMore specific burn off, defoliate
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Translations
Adjective naked, uncovered
Adjective having no decoration
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, Oslav. bosŭ barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhās to shine. √85.
1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
2. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.— George Herbert
3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !— John Milton
4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. “Uttering bare truth.” William Shakespeare
5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; — used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. “A bare treasury.” John Dryden
6. Threadbare; much worn.
It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.— William Shakespeare
7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. “The bare necessaries of life.” Joseph Addison
Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words.— Robert South
Under bare poles Nautical, having no sail set.
1. Surface; body; substance. rare
You have touched the very bare of naked truth.— John Marston
2. Architecture That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Origin: AS. barian. See Bare, adjective
To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Bore; the old preterit of Bear, verb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54