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Meaning of 'bare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bare
- Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
- of Bear
2 . Bare [ a.]
- Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
- 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.
- Threadbare; much worn.
- Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
- To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
3 . Bare [ n.]
- Surface; body; substance.
- That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Meaning of 'bare' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bare [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lay bare
Example in sentence:
  • bare your breasts;
  • bare your feelings;
  • denude a forest
Meaning (2):
- lay bare
Example in sentence:
  • bare your breasts;
  • bare your feelings;
  • denude a forest
Meaning (3):
- make public
Example in sentence:
  • She aired her opinions on welfare
4 . bare [ a]
Meaning (4):
- not having a protective covering
Example in sentence:
  • a bare blade;
  • unsheathed cables
Meaning (5):
- lacking its natural or customary covering
Example in sentence:
  • a bare hill;
  • bare feet
6 . bare [ s]
Meaning (6):
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
Example in sentence:
  • a bare livelihood;
  • a scanty harvest;
  • a spare diet
Meaning (7):
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
Example in sentence:
  • a bare majority;
  • a marginal victory
Meaning (8):
- completely unclothed
Example in sentence:
  • a nude model;
  • bare bodies;
  • naked from the waist up
Meaning (9):
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Example in sentence:
  • a plain hair style;
  • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete;
  • unembellished white walls
Meaning (10):
- providing no shelter or sustenance
Example in sentence:
  • a stark landscape;
  • bare rocky hills;
  • barren lands;
  • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes;
  • the desolate surface of the moon
Meaning (11):
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
Example in sentence:
  • bare wood;
  • unfinished furniture
Meaning (12):
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
Example in sentence:
  • only the bare facts;
  • shocked by the mere idea;
  • the simple passage of time was enough;
  • the simple truth
Meaning (13):
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
Example in sentence:
  • the bare walls;
  • the cupboard was bare

Nearby Words:

bar bar iron barb barbacan barbacanage barbadian barbadoes barbados barbaic barbara

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