Baring

[ bair-ing ]

/ ˈbɛər ɪŋ /

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noun

Alexander,1st Baron Ashburton,1774–1848, British statesman.

Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer,1841–1917, British statesman and diplomat.

bare

[ bair ]

/ bɛər /

adjective, bar·er, bar·est.

without 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.

verb (used with object), bared, bar·ing.

to open to view; reveal or divulge: to bare one's arms; to bare damaging new facts.

Origin of bare

before 900; Middle English; Old English bær; cognate with Old Frisian ber, Dutch baar, Old Saxon, Old High German, German bar, Old Norse berr, Lithuanian bãsas barefoot, Russian bos; akin to Armenian bok naked

SYNONYMS FOR bare

1. undressed. 2. plain, stark, empty, barren. 8. uncover, expose.

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ANTONYMS FOR bare

1. covered.

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Related formsbar·ish, adjectivebare·ness, noun

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2. Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected. Bare, the least powerful in connotation of the three, means lack of expected or usual coverings, furnishings, or embellishments: bare floor, feet, head. Stark implies extreme severity or desolation and resultant bleakness or dreariness: a stark landscape; a stark, emotionless countenance. Barren carries a strong sense of sterility and oppressive dullness: barren fields; a barren relationship. 6. See mere¹.

bare

[ bair ]

/ bɛər /

verb Archaic.

simple past tense of bear¹.

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British Dictionary definitions for baring

Baring

/ (ˈbɛərɪŋ) /

noun

Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer. 1841–1917, English administrator. As consul general in Egypt with plenipotentiary powers, he controlled the Egyptian government from 1883 to 1907

bare

/ (bɛə) /

adjective

unclothed; exposed: used esp of a part of the body

without the natural, conventional, or usual covering or clothinga bare tree

lacking appropriate furnishings, etca bare room

unembellished; simplethe bare facts

(prenomial) just sufficient; merehe earned the bare minimum

with one's bare hands without a weapon or tool

verb

(tr) to make bare; uncover; reveal

Derived Formsbareness, noun

Word Origin for bare

Old English bær; compare Old Norse berr, Old High German bar naked, Old Slavonic bosǔ barefoot

bare

/ (bɛə) /

verb

archaic a past tense of bear 1

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Word Origin and History for baring

bare

Old English barian, from bare (adj.). Related: Bared; baring.

bare

adj.

Old English bær "naked, uncovered, unclothed," from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (cf. German bar, Old Norse berr, Dutch baar), from PIE *bhosos (cf. Armenian bok "naked;" Old Church Slavonic bosu, Lithuanian basas "barefoot"). Meaning "sheer, absolute" (c.1200) is from the notion of "complete in itself."

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noun

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