bare
1without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.
without the usual furnishings, contents, etc.: bare walls.
open to view; unconcealed; undisguised: his bare dislike of neckties.
unadorned; bald; plain: the bare facts.
(of cloth) napless or threadbare.
scarcely or just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities of life.
Obsolete. with the head uncovered; bareheaded.
to open to view; reveal or divulge: to bare one's arms; to bare damaging new facts.
Origin of bare
1synonym study For bare
Other words for bare
Opposites for bare
Other words from bare
- barish, adjective
- bareness, noun
Other definitions for bare (2 of 2)
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How to use bare in a sentence
Only the barest majority, 51 percent, says Obama is in touch with the concerns of most Americans.
While this helped him, Sizemore adds with just the barest glimmer of pride, "I wouldn't need that type of threat now."
Only the barest pragmatism will ring true, and then only if the person is receptive, which this user clearly wasn't.
Robert is very well in a way, to give up all the money he can earn to the family, and keep the barest pittance for himself.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe light that came through the machine's iris was faint at first, the barest glimmer of white in deep darkness.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap Long
In fine weather there is always a charm about the seaside, even on the barest and least picturesque coast.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthThey existed for the barest fraction of a second, then vanished.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyBut the barest prudence told him that he should make haste for the open.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for bare (1 of 2)
/ (bɛə) /
unclothed; exposed: used esp of a part of the body
without the natural, conventional, or usual covering or clothing: a bare tree
lacking appropriate furnishings, etc: a bare room
unembellished; simple: the bare facts
(prenomial) just sufficient; mere: he earned the bare minimum
with one's bare hands without a weapon or tool
(tr) to make bare; uncover; reveal
Origin of bare
1Derived forms of bare
- bareness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for bare (2 of 2)
/ (bɛə) /
archaic a past tense of bear 1
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