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Bare Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bare? [adj] showing ground without the usual covering of grass; "a carefully swept bare yard around the house" [adj] completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waste up"; "a nude model" [adj] having extraneous everything removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare" [adj] 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" [adj] without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" [adj] denuded of leaves; "the bare branches of winter" [adj] lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture" [adj] not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade" [v] lay bare; "denude a forest" [v] make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [v] lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bare: air \| au naturel(p) \| bald \| barren \| bleak \| denudate \| denudate \| denude \| denuded \| desolate \| empty \| grassless \| inhospitable \| leafless \| naked \| nude \| publicise \| publicize \| stark \| strip \| stripped \| unclothed \| uncovered \| unfinished \| unpainted \| unsheathed Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bare: absolute \| and \| ascetic \| austere \| bald \| bankrupt \| bare-ass \| bared \| barren \| basic \| bland \| blank \| bleached \| bleak \| break the seal \| bring to light \| candid \| characterless \| chaste \| clarified \| clear \| cleared \| cold \| common \| commonplace \| deep-worn \| defoliate \| defoliated \| denudate \| denude \| denuded \| deobstruct \| depleted \| deprive \| desert \| desolate \| destitute \| develop \| devoid \| direct \| disclose \| disclosed \| discover \| dismantle \| dismask \| disrobe \| distilled \| divest \| divested \| divulge \| dog-eared \| draw the veil \| dried-up \| dry \| dull \| elementary \| emptied \| empty \| essential \| exhausted \| exhibit \| expose \| exposed \| featureless \| fleece \| frank \| free \| fundamental \| gymnosophical \| hairless \| hard \| hatless \| hollow \| homely \| homespun \| homogeneous \| impart \| in native buff \| in puris naturalibus \| in the altogether \| in the buff \| in the raw \| inane \| indivisible \| insipid \| irreducible \| lay bare \| lay open \| lean \| let daylight in \| let out \| literal \| manifest \| matter-of-fact \| mere \| minimal \| monolithic \| naked \| natural \| naturistic \| neat \| nude \| nudist \| null \| null and void \| of a piece \| open \| open as day \| open to all \| open up \| out-and-out \| overt \| patefy \| peeled \| plain \| plain-speaking \| plain-spoken \| pluck \| primal \| primary \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| pure \| pure and simple \| purified \| raise the curtain \| raw \| rectified \| remove \| reveal \| revealed \| rustic \| scant \| scanty \| sere \| severe \| shear \| sheer \| shelfworn \| shopworn \| shorn \| show \| show up \| simon-pure \| simple \| simple-speaking \| single \| sober \| spare \| Spartan \| stark \| stark-naked \| straight \| straightforward \| strip \| strip bare \| stripped \| tell \| threadbare \| timeworn \| unadorned \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unalloyed \| unarrayed \| unattired \| unblended \| unblock \| uncase \| unclad \| unclassified \| unclench \| uncloak \| unclog \| unclogged \| unclosed \| unclothed \| unclutch \| uncluttered \| uncombined \| uncomplicated \| uncompounded \| unconcealed \| uncork \| uncorrupted \| uncover \| uncovered \| uncurtain \| undecked \| undecorated \| undifferenced \| undifferentiated \| undiluted \| undisguised \| undo \| undrape \| undress \| undressed \| unembellished \| unenhanced \| unfilled \| unfold \| unfortified \| unfoul \| unfurbished \| unfurl \| ungarnished \| unhidden \| uniform \| unimaginative \| unkennel \| unlatch \| unleavened \| unlock \| unmask \| unmingled \| unmixed \| unobstructed \| unornamented \| unpack \| unplug \| unpoetical \| unrelieved \| unrestricted \| unrobed \| unroll \| unscreen \| unseal \| unsheathe \| unshod \| unshroud \| unshut \| unsophisticated \| unstop \| unstopped \| unsupplied \| untinged \| untrimmed \| unvarnished \| unveil \| unwrap \| vacant \| vacuous \| void \| well-worn \| white \| wide-open \| with nothing inside \| with nothing on \| without a stitch \| without content \| worn \| worn ragged \| worn to rags \| worn to threads \| worn-down See Also \| beam \| bring out \| broadcast \| bulletin \| burn off \| circularise \| circularize \| circulate \| clear \| defoliate \| diffuse \| disperse \| disseminate \| distribute \| expose \| issue \| pass around \| propagate \| publish \| put out \| release \| send \| spread \| tell \| transmit \| uncover Bare In Webster's Dictionary \Bare\, a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. b[ae]r; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos? barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh[=a]s to shine ?.] 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. --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! --Milton. 4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. ``Uttering bare truth.'' --Shak. 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.'' --Dryden. 6. Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. --Shak. 7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. ``The bare necessaries of life.'' --Addison. Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. --South. {Under bare poles} (Naut.), having no sail set. \Bare\, n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [R.] You have touched the very bare of naked truth. --Marston. 2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. \Bare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bared}(?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baring}.] [AS. barian. See {Bare}, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. \Bare\ Bore; the old preterit of {Bear}, v.

Bare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bare?

[adj] showing ground without the usual covering of grass; "a carefully swept bare yard around the house"
[adj] completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waste up"; "a nude model"
[adj] having extraneous everything removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
[adj] 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"
[adj] without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"
[adj] denuded of leaves; "the bare branches of winter"
[adj] lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
[adj] not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
[v] lay bare; "denude a forest"
[v] make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
[v] lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"

Bare In Webster's Dictionary

\Bare\, a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. b[ae]r; akin to D. & G.
baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos?
barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh[=a]s to shine ?.]
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.
                                               --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!
                                               --Milton.

4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
   ``Uttering bare truth.'' --Shak.

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.'' --Dryden.

6. Threadbare; much worn.

         It appears by their bare liveries that they live by
         your bare words.                      --Shak.

7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare
   majority. ``The bare necessaries of life.'' --Addison.

         Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth.
                                               --South.

{Under bare poles} (Naut.), having no sail set.


\Bare\, n.
1. Surface; body; substance. [R.]

         You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
                                               --Marston.

2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or
   metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.


\Bare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bared}(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Baring}.] [AS. barian. See {Bare}, a.]
To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the
breast.


\Bare\
Bore; the old preterit of {Bear}, v.

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