bare
/bˈɛr/
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Definitions
Adjective
not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
Adjective
lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"
Adjective Satellite
completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
Adjective Satellite
lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
Adjective Satellite
just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
Adjective Satellite
lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
Verb
lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
Verb
make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
Verb
lay bare; "denude a forest"