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bare¹ Definition

bare (ber)

adjective bar′er, bar′·est

    1. without the natural or customary covering bare wooden floors
    2. without clothing; naked bare legs
  2. without equipment, supplies, or furnishings; empty a bare room, a bare larder
  3. without embellishment; unadorned; simple; plain the bare facts
  4. without tools or weapons: obsolete except in bare hands
  5. threadbare
  6. no more than; mere a bare subsistence wage

Etymology: ME bar < OE bær < IE *bhoso-s < ? base *bhes-, to rub off > sand

transitive verb bared, bar′·ing

to make bare; uncover; strip; expose

bare¹ Related Forms

bare′·ness noun

bare¹ Idioms

lay bare

to open to view; uncover; expose

bare² Definition

bare (ber)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bear

bare Synonyms

bare

modif.

  1. Without covering

    exposed, uncovered, naked, stripped; see naked 1, open 4.

  2. Plain

    unadorned, simple, unornamented, stark; see modest 2.

  3. Without content

    barren, void, unfurnished; see empty 1.

  4. Without surplus

    scant, meager, insufficient; see inadequate 1. See syn. study at naked.

bare Synonyms

bare

v.

reveal, uncover, expose, unveil, strip, lay bare, divulge, publish, disclose; see also expose 1, reveal 1, strip 1, undress. See syn. study at strip.

bare Usage Examples

Object

  • resemblance: Paul Durkin: small, ginger, bares a suspiciously close resemblance to Paul Scholes.
  • scar: The Peddar's Way bares the scars of the final advance of the Roman conquest into Britain.
  • tooth: What has created our disunity are ' those with bared teeth ' .

Adjective complement with noun phrase

strip: Unfortunately, these plantations strip the land bare of its lowland forest.

Modifies a noun

  • bone: On to these bare bones must be grafted a squad, with options.
  • minimum: The running costs of the Charity are kept to bare minimum.
  • foot: Jack caught sight of long bare feet easing forward on the ramp.
  • patch: Also bare patches of ground leave room for weeds to take root.
  • floorboard: Concrete or tiled floors and bare floorboards can all harbor infestations especially in any cracks and crevices and these warrant thorough cleaning.
  • necessity: The difficulty they face to meet even the bare necessities of life cannot be overemphasized.

Used with adjective complement

  • lay: Your house has been laid bare, how is your heart.. ... .
  • strip: Have stripped bare the us federal of e-mail for.
  • lie: Now whole mountains lay bare with nothing to protect the valley from the elements.
  • please: So please bare in mind I was more than willing to check my bag in there and then.
  • buy: Up the capital to buy bare the highest interest marsh's brokers routinely.
  • look: Only the beautiful shop window, designed for presenting a tempting array of goods to the outside world, looks bare from the inside.

Modifying Another Word

rather: The county is rather bare of timber, which is owing to the very great demand for it in the fens.

Preposition: in

  • mind: Bare in mind they are based off things I have read rather than hard fact.
  • winter: If you don't grow ivy, get an evergreen clematis if you don't want it to look bare in the winter.

Preposition: of

vegetation: Soils which are bare of vegetation are very likely to be a problem.