bare

[ bair ]

/ bɛər /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR bare

1 undressed.

2 plain, stark, empty, barren.

8 uncover, expose.

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OPPOSITES FOR bare

1 covered.

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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

synonym study for bare

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM bare

barish, adjectivebareness, noun

Other definitions for bare (2 of 2)

bare²

[ bair ]

/ bɛər /

verb Archaic.

simple past tense of bear¹.

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How to use bare in a sentence

Each mission offers plenty of flexibility, which is great, but that feels like a bare minimum expectation for modern open-world role-playing games at this point.
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ is a thrill ride through an ugly, unexamined world|Elise Favis|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
Strip down to your base layer and bare feet and you’ll warm up much more quickly.
A Beginner's Guide to Staying Warm Outside|Blair Braverman|December 10, 2020|Outside Online
The scale of the gap that still needs to be bridged on the so-called level playing field for businesses was laid bare on Wednesday.
Boris Johnson faces final Sunday deadline for Brexit deal with the EU|kdunn6|December 10, 2020|Fortune
Not every bell and whistle is necessary, especially for younger users, and the cloud-based online use makes even the bare-bones models work surprisingly well.
Best Chromebooks: Five things to consider|Eric Alt|December 9, 2020|Popular-Science

Running around with bare feet might be fun for toddlers, but a guy who wants to go the distance without falling apart, will need cover and cushioning.
Best running shoes for men: Five things to consider|Eric Alt|December 9, 2020|Popular-Science
Some patches of ancient coppice at the base of the barish hills behind, give it even a smiling aspect.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451|Various
It stands at the end of a long spit of land—a long, barish peninsula that has no houses and looks as if it might be golf-links.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. Lawrence
Stocks come flyin down, like litenin, and the barish porshun of the compenney, was makin a immense pile of munney.
The Bad Boy At Home|Walter T. Gray

British Dictionary definitions for bare (1 of 2)

bare¹

/ (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 forms of bare

bareness, noun

Word Origin for bare

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

British Dictionary definitions for bare (2 of 2)