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Definition of Bare
1. Adjective. Completely unclothed. "A nude model"
Similar to: Unclothed
Derivative terms: Bareness, Nakedness, Nude, Nude, Nudeness, Nudity
2. Verb. Lay bare. "Bare your feelings"
3. Adjective. Lacking in amplitude or quantity. "A spare diet"
Similar to: Meager, Meagerly, Meagre, Scrimpy, Stingy
Derivative terms: Scantiness, Spareness
4. Verb. Make public. "She aired her opinions on welfare"
Generic synonyms: Tell
Specialized synonyms: Hype, Bulletin, Bring Out, Issue, Publish, Put Out, Release, Broadcast, Circularise, Circularize, Circulate, Diffuse, Disperse, Disseminate, Distribute, Pass Around, Propagate, Spread, Air, Beam, Broadcast, Send, Transmit
Derivative terms: Publiciser, Publicizer, Publicizing
5. Adjective. Not having a protective covering. "A bare blade"
6. Verb. Lay bare. "They bare the trees"; "Denude a forest"
Generic synonyms: Clear
Specialized synonyms: Defoliate, Burn Off
Derivative terms: Denudation
7. Adjective. Lacking its natural or customary covering. "Bare feet"
Derivative terms: Bareness
Antonyms: Covered
8. Adjective. Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. "A marginal victory"
9. Adjective. Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. "The simple truth"
10. Adjective. Lacking a surface finish such as paint. "Unfinished furniture"
11. Adjective. Providing no shelter or sustenance. "A stark landscape"
Similar to: Inhospitable
Derivative terms: Bareness, Barren, Barrenness, Bleakness, Starkness
12. Adjective. Having everything extraneous removed including contents. "The cupboard was bare"
13. Adjective. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. "Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
Similar to: Unadorned, Undecorated
Derivative terms: Plainness
Definition of Bare
1. a. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
2. n. Surface; body; substance.
3. v. t. To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Definition of Bare
1. Proper noun. An extinct language of Venezuela. ¹
2. Adjective. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. ¹
3. Adjective. Naked, uncovered. ¹
4. Adjective. Having no supplies. ¹
5. Adjective. Having no decoration. ¹
6. Adjective. Having had what usually covers (something) removed. ¹
7. Adjective. (British slang not comparable) A lot or lots of. ¹
8. Adverb. (British slang) Very; significantly. ¹
9. Adverb. Barely. ¹
10. Adverb. Without a condom ¹
11. Noun. (context: ‘the bare’) the surface, the (bare) skin ¹
12. Verb. (transitive) To uncover; to reveal. ¹
13. Verb. (obsolete) (simple past of bear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bare
1. naked [v BARED, BARING, BARES] - See also: naked
Medical Definition of Bare
1. 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." 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." 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." "Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth." (South) Under bare poles, having no sail set. Origin: OE. Bar, bare, AS. Baer; akin to D. & G. Baar, OHG. Par, Icel. Berr, Sw. & Dan. Bar, OSlav. Bos barefoot, Lith. Basas; cf. Skr. Bhas to shine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bare
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Basque