bare (adj.)

  1. not having a protective covering; unsheathed cables; a bare blade

    [ Syn: unsheathed ]

  2. lacking its natural or customary covering; a bare hill; bare feet'

  3. completely unclothed; bare bodies; naked from the waist up; a nude model

    [ Syn: au naturel , naked , nude ]

  4. lacking embellishment or ornamentation; a plain hair style; unembellished white walls; functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete

    [ Syn: plain , spare , unembellished , unornamented ]

  5. lacking in amplitude or quantity; a bare livelihood; a scanty harvest; a spare diet

    [ Syn: scanty , spare ]

  6. just barely adequate or within a lower limit; a bare majority; a marginal victory

    [ Syn: marginal ]

  7. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; only the bare facts; shocked by the mere idea; the simple passage of time was enough; the simple truth

    [ Syn: mere , simple ]

  8. lacking a surface finish such as paint; bare wood; unfinished furniture

    [ Syn: unfinished ]

  9. providing no shelter or sustenance; bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape

    [ Syn: barren , bleak , desolate , stark ]

  10. having everything extraneous removed including contents; the bare walls; the cupboard was bare

    [ Syn: stripped ]

    bare (v.)

  1. lay bare; bare your breasts; bare your feelings'

  2. make public; She aired her opinions on welfare

    [ Syn: publicize , publicise , air ]

  3. lay bare; denude a forest

    [ Syn: denude , denudate , strip ]

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