bare meaning
EN[bɛə(ɹ)] [bɛː(ɹ)] [bɛɚ] [-ɛə(ɹ)]US
WBare
- Bare means minimal or naked.
- Bare may also refer to:
EN Baré
- NounPLbaresSUF-bare
- VerbSGbaresPRbaringPT, PPbared
- (transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
- She bared her teeth at him.
- (obsolete) simple past tense of bear.
- (transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
- AdjectiveCOMbarerSUPbarest
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- a bare majority
- Naked, uncovered.
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- Having no supplies.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare.
- Having no decoration.
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- (Britain, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Threadbare; much worn.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- AdverbCOMbarerSUPbarest
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. --Byron
- It's so effective at holding soil together that I've even seen geogrid used alone to hold 20-foot high sheer faces of bare soil stable [ … ] .
- He bare a burden ybound with a broad list, / In a withewyndes wise ybounden about. — Piers Plowman.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of bare in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary