bare
Bare is defined as a lack of clothing or refers to something that is empty of its usual contents.
(adjective)- When you have no shoes or socks on your feet, that is an example of bare feet.
- An unfurnished apartment is an example of a bare apartment.
The definition of bare is something that is just enough without anything extra.
(adjective)Giving the facts without any opinions, explanations, or extra details is an example of giving the bare facts.
To bare means to take away something that was covering something else.
(verb)To take a hat off of your head is an example of bare.
See bare in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- without the natural or customary covering: bare wooden floors
- without clothing; naked: bare legs
- without equipment, supplies, or furnishings; empty: a bare room, a bare larder
- without embellishment; unadorned; simple; plain: the bare facts
- without tools or weapons: obsolete except in bare hands
- threadbare
- no more than; mere: a bare subsistence wage
Origin: ME bar < OE bær < IE *bhoso-s < ? base *bhes-, to rub off > sand
Related Forms:
- bareness noun
transitive verb, intransitive verb
See bare in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective bar·er, bar·est
- Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked: a bare arm.
- Exposed to view; undisguised: bare fangs.
- Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration: bare walls.
- Having no addition, adornment, or qualification: the bare facts. See Synonyms at empty.
- Just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities.
- Obsolete Bareheaded.
- To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets.
- To expose: The dog bared its teeth.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bar
Origin: , from Old English bǽr; see bhoso- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- bareˈness noun
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