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

  • Professional development in bare Swing nowadays is something really odd.
  • Lucia came outside in bare feet with a tablecloth tied around her neck like a superhero.
  • And you're standing here in bare feet in your long trousers that are hiked up and you're saying, who would let me near him?
  • In what I call bare assent, there is no time-element in the feeling of belief, though there may be in the content of what is believed.
  • Did she have a full Brazilian before she set sail on her cruise and learn since her shipwreck that bare is not the fashion here in Illyria?
  • After what she described as a bare-bones Christmas, she said she looked over her household finances and realized they might lose their home.
  • Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone Wednesday released what he termed a bare-bones proposed budget that will avoid doomsday job, school and service cuts, but will h ...

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