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without any clothes or not covered by anything: The hot sand burned my bare feet. Inside, the floors were bare and there was very little furniture. Bare also means the least possible or only this much of something: They had nothing beyond the bare necessities (of life) (= the most basic things you need).
The meaning of BARE is lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering. How to use bare in a sentence. Usage Note on Bear Usage Note on Bear Synonym Discussion of Bare.
Bare can be an adjective that means uncovered (as in bare feet) or empty or without the usual contents (as in bare cabinets or bare walls), or a verb meaning to reveal or open to view (as in bare your secrets).
Definition of bare adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The adjective bare describes something or someone that is naked or unclothed. Bare can be used in many different ways: to describe the inside of your nearly-empty refrigerator, an uncarpeted floor, or your unadorned, sparsely decorated bedroom. The word bare can also be used as a verb meaning "to uncover or expose."
bare adjective (BASIC) including only the smallest amount that you need of something: The report just gave us the barest facts about the accident. Tony's salary only covers the bare essentials for the family. See also. with your bare hands.
bare something to remove something that covers something else, especially from part of the body. She was paid several thousand dollars to bare all (= take all her clothes off) for the magazine.
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 ...
• Leaders like that get only the bare minimum of effort and never rouse employees to cooperative activity. • The bare minimum required to keep the account open. bare bare 2 verb [transitive] 1 COVER to remove something that was covering or hiding something The dog bared its teeth.
bare. Thesaurus > not having any things or people in it > bare. These are words and phrases related to bare. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of bare. NOT HAVING ANY THINGS OR PEOPLE IN IT. The room was completely bare. Synonyms and examples. empty. I heard laughter, but the room was empty. deserted.
