bare
IPA: bˈɛr
noun
- (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
- Surface; body; substance.
- (architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
- A surname.
- A suburb of Morecambe, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, served by Bare Lane railway station (OS grid ref SD4564).
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To uncover; to reveal.
adjective
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having no supplies.
- Having no decoration.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Not insured.
adverb
- (dialect) Barely.
- (MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
- (slang) Without a condom.
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Examples of "bare" in Sentences
- The bare facts are in the treaty.
- In the first act, the tree is bare.
- The pilot barely avoided the burst.
- She is lethargic and barely responsive.
- He sounds hoarse and is barely audible.
- That is the bare bones of the issue to me.
- The opinion is inferior to the bare facts.
- A grudging apology is barely the beginning.
- It regards the lifetime of the bare proton.
- That barely scratches the surface of the revolution.
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