BARE

plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented

(adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation; “a plain hair style”; “unembellished white walls”; “functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete”

bare, au naturel, naked, nude

(adjective) completely unclothed; “bare bodies”; “naked from the waist up”; “a nude model”

bare, stripped

(adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents; “the bare walls”; “the cupboard was bare”

bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark

(adjective) 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”

bare

(adjective) lacking its natural or customary covering; “a bare hill”; “bare feet”

bare, unfinished

(adjective) lacking a surface finish such as paint; “bare wood”; “unfinished furniture”

unsheathed, bare

(adjective) not having a protective covering; “unsheathed cables”; “a bare blade”

denude, bare, denudate, strip

(verb) lay bare; “denude a forest”

publicize, publicise, air, bare

(verb) make public; “She aired her opinions on welfare”

bare

(verb) lay bare; “bare your breasts”; “bare your feelings”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

bare (comparative barer, superlative barest)

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

Naked, uncovered.

Having no supplies.

Having no decoration.

Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

(Multicultural London English, Toronto, not comparable) A lot or lots of.

With head uncovered; bareheaded.

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

(figurative) Mere; without embellishment.

Threadbare, very worn.

Not insured.

Synonyms

• (minimal): mere, minimal

• (without a condom): condomless

• (naked): exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed

• (having no supplies): empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied

• (having no decoration): empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated

• (having had what usually covers (something) removed): despoiled, stripped, uncovered

Antonyms

• (minimal): ample, plentiful, sufficient

• (naked): covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed

• (having no supplies): full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked

• (having no decoration): adorned, decorated, ornate

• (having had what usually covers (something) removed): covered

Adverb

bare

(British, slang) Very; significantly.

Barely.

Without a condom.

Noun

bare (plural bares)

(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.

Surface; body; substance.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared)

(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.

Usage notes

The verb should not be confused with the verb bear.

Synonyms

• (uncover): expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncover; see also reveal

Antonyms

• (uncover): cover, cover up, hide

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

bare

(obsolete) simple past tense of bear

• Bible, Josh. iii. 15

Anagrams

• Aber, Bear, Brea, Reba, bear, brae, rabe

Proper noun

Bare (countable and uncountable, plural Bares)

A surname.

A suburb of Morecambe, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, served by Bare Lane railway station (OS grid ref SD4564).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bare is the 4836^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7291 individuals. Bare is most common among White (90.51%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Aber, Bear, Brea, Reba, bear, brae, rabe

Source: Wiktionary

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Bare, a. Etym: [OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhas 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.)

Definition: 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.] Etym: [AS. barian. See Bare, a.]

Definition: To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.

Bare.

Definition: Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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