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Definition of bare
barer
;barest
1a : lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate coveringb (1) : lacking clothing bare feet (2) obsolete : bareheadedc : lacking any tool or weapon opened the box with his bare hands
2 : open to view : exposed laying bare their secrets
3a : unfurnished or scantily supplied a bare roomb : destitute bare of all safeguards
4a : having nothing left over or added the bare necessities of lifeb : mere a bare two hours awayc : devoid of amplification or adornment the bare facts
5 obsolete : worthless
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Examples of bare in a Sentence
The dining room is warm and comfortable in a quasi-Tuscan-villa style, with bare wood floors, mottled walls, … and a glass room divider etched with images of grapes. —Colman Andrews, Gourmet, March 2007
A scant two hours after his Derby victory, Monarchos was back in his … stall, beneath a bare bulb, eating carrots from a red bucket. —Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated, 14 May 2001
The brittle-looking branches of bare trees reached up from the horizon, and smoke could be seen curling from the chimneys of the sturdy stone houses in the villages we passed through. —David McAninch, Saveur, November 2008
There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare.
Do not let the bare wires touch.
He covered her bare arms with his coat.
He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare.
The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.
There was only one bare shelf.
Her office was pretty bare, having only one desk and one chair.
This is the barest room in the house.
He only told me the bare facts about what happened.
Usage Note on bear
There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in "bare your shoulders" and "a dog baring its teeth." All other uses of the verb are for bear: "bearing children," "the right to bear arms," "bearing up under the stress/weight," "can't bear the thought," "bear south," "it bears repeating."
There is occasional confusion between bear and bare in adjectival uses (as in "he rubbed his bear arms"), but bear is properly a noun and only used like an adjective in the financial phrase bear market. All other uses refer to the state of being uncovered or naked and should therefore be bare: "bare necessities," "bare essentials," "bare arms," "bare bones," "bare-knuckle," and so on.
Origin and Etymology of bare
Middle English, from Old English bær; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot
Synonym Discussion of bare
Definition of bare
bared
;baring
Examples of bare in a Sentence
Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive … terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests. —TV Guide, 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007
You could argue that the very act of conducting a lengthy poll by telephone skews the response pool. What sort of person bares her soul to pollsters for upward of an hour—and during the holiday season yet? —Katha Pollitt, Nation, 4/11 Aug. 2003
When Eastman called Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway's nonfiction book about bullfighting) “a literary style of wearing false hair on the chest,” Hemingway had no other options than to bare his hirsute midsection and duke it out with his rival author in front of their editor, Max Perkins. The common mythology is that Hemingway beat Eastman to a bloody pulp, but Perkins' account had Eastman gaining the upper hand. —Will Manley, Booklist, 1 Apr. 2001
The better analogy is to bare all on the talk shows in which ordinary people are encouraged to reveal intimate aspects of their private lives. —Richard A. Posner, New Republic, 21 Aug. 2000
He bared his chest to show the scar.
finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long
Usage Note on bear
There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in "bare your shoulders" and "a dog baring its teeth." All other uses of the verb are for bear: "bearing children," "the right to bear arms," "bearing up under the stress/weight," "can't bear the thought," "bear south," "it bears repeating."
There is occasional confusion between bear and bare in adjectival uses (as in "he rubbed his bear arms"), but bear is properly a noun and only used like an adjective in the financial phrase bear market. All other uses refer to the state of being uncovered or naked and should therefore be bare: "bare necessities," "bare essentials," "bare arms," "bare bones," "bare-knuckle," and so on.
Origin and Etymology of bare
see 1bare
BARE Defined for English Language Learners
bare
playDefinition of bare for English Language Learners
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: not having a covering
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: not covered by clothing, shoes, a hat, etc.
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: not covered by leaves, grass, trees, or plants
bare
playDefinition of bare for English Language Learners
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: to remove the covering from (something)
BARE Defined for Kids
Definition of bare for Students
barer
;barest
1 : having no covering : naked bare feet The trees were bare of leaves.
2 : 1empty 1 The cupboard was bare.
3 : having nothing left over or added : mere the bare necessities … Thorton was abreast of him and a bare half-dozen strokes away … — Jack London, The Call of the Wild
4 : bald 2 the bare facts
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