bared

verb

past tense of bare
as in revealed
to make known (as information previously kept secret) finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long

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Recent Examples of bared With his head shaved and his chest usually bared, Yousuke Yukimatsu melds body and machine to choreograph intensely physical sonic marathons. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026 For the outing, the 43-year-old actress bared her baby bump in a strapless, long-sleeved, sheer black top. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 30 Sep. 2026 The range of security flaws that 9/11 bared came after authorities and the aviation industry spent more than a decade trying to address gaps that earlier attacks brought to light. — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Anne Hathaway bared her baby bump while wearing a frilly black top in Los Angeles on Monday. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026 Christie went for a silver-champagne suit with a sheer collared shirt and white heels, while Sailor bared her abs in a bold sequin pinstripe suit teamed with a sparkly bra. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 In the Swinging Sixties, the miniskirt finally bared the legs. — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bared
  1. revealed
  2. disclosed
  3. discovered
  4. exposed
  5. uncovered
  6. told
Verb
  • The German luxury accessories brand has become the first luxury fashion brand to join Whatnot, the company revealed on Tuesday.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Preliminary information, according to MDSO, revealed that the victim was involved in a verbal dispute with multiple unknown suspects.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of revealed
Verb
  • Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, beyond highlighting that Digital Dust’s founders, Federica Zucchi and Alessandra De Siena, together with CEO Matteo Zucchi and the agency’s entire team, will remain on-board.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Meta last week disclosed a quarter of negative free cash flow for the first time since 2012.
    — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of disclosed
Verb
  • Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • However, this remains a conceptual demonstration, not a system that has discovered an extraterrestrial transmission.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of discovered
Verb
  • Perhaps most intriguingly, the researchers also saw signs that the rock had been exposed to water during its evolution, a find detailed in work published this summer in Science Advances.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Holding Liberty to 145 rushing yards showed promise, but allowing seven touchdowns on seven red-zone trips exposed a significant weakness.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of exposed
Verb
  • Season broth with salt and freshly ground black pepper and simmer, uncovered, until flavors come together and broth is rich tasting, about 20 minutes.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The program, named Operation Janus, initially uncovered three hundred and fifteen thousand instances of missing fingerprint data in immigration files, which were flagged for further investigation.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncovered
Verb
  • At the Vatican a day earlier, Leo told the teams from alma mater Villanova and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame that in matters of sport, the pontiff was neutral.
    — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In other cases, developers have told towns that decade-old ideas for enormous retail development of open parcels simply aren’t practical anymore.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of told

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“Bared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bared. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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