bare

1 of 3

adjective

ˈber

barer; barest

: lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering

b(1)

: lacking clothing

bare feet

(2)

obsolete : bareheaded

: lacking any tool or weapon

opened the box with his bare hands

: open to view : exposed

laying bare their secrets

: unfurnished or scantily supplied

a bare room

: destitute

bare of all safeguards

: having nothing left over or added

the bare necessities of life

: mere

a bare two hours away

: devoid of amplification or adornment

the bare facts

obsolete : worthless

bareness noun

bare

2 of 3

verb

ˈber

bared; baring

transitive verb

: to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1) : uncover

bare

3 of 3

archaic past tense of bear

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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.

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Usage Note on Bear

Example Sentences

Adjective 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 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 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. Verb 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 See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Environmental justice took a back seat to maximizing profit while doing the bare minimum.

Essence, 29 Aug. 2022 What some quiet quitters call doing the bare minimum actually means giving full-attention to their work, then having a life outside work hours, says Brian Gray, who works in web development.

Kathryn Dill And Angela Yang, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 By the standards of the NFL trade market, Indianapolis gave up the bare minimum in order to get Pryor.

The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022 The bare minimum here is 64 GB, but 128 or higher is even better.

Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 The pandemic laid bare the gaps and disparities in the U.S. public health system, and often resulted in blowback against local officials trying to slow the coronavirus's spread.

Katheryn Houghton, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 And, like the Dreametech (in our roundup as well), the M7 wipes rather than actively mops bare floors.

Stewart Wolpin, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 There is one TikTok from the brand Morphit Sea Moss that shows a chiseled man with brown skin and curly hair eating a coconut with his bare hands.

Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The assailant reportedly used Ogorchukwu’s own crutch to strike him first, then crushed him with his bare hands until Ogorchukwu suffocated.

Paolo Maurizio Talanti, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022

Verb

From the start, Persuasion lays bare its conviction that this particular Austen heroine makes almost too much sense for our own moment, with our hyper-ironic personas and gratuitous fits of self-awareness.

K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2022 Throughout the United States, the fight for gender equality in laws that allow men, but not women, to bare their chests in public has been raging for decades.

Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Just want to leave this here for the ignorant and arrogant people who have chosen to remain uneducated about what this means for we women who bare this burden.

Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022 And their journey to find that special someone lays bare their backgrounds, beliefs and preferences.

Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Viewers are met with an intimate gaze by the subjects, who bare their soul for my camera.

Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 11 July 2022 The pop icon has been known to bare it all on Instagram in the name of body positivity.

Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 June 2022 The movie lays bare a grudge that has become its own self-sustaining engine, unmoored from logic or reason.

Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come.

Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022 See More

Kids Definition

bare 1 of 2

adjective

ˈber

barer; barest

: having no covering : naked

bare feet

The trees were bare of leaves.

: empty entry 1 sense 1

The cupboard was bare.

: 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

: bald sense 2

the bare facts

bare

2 of 2

verb

bared; baring

: uncover sense 2

单词	bareness
释义	bare 1 of 3 adjective ˈber barer; barest 1 a : lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering b(1) : lacking clothing bare feet (2) obsolete : bareheaded c : lacking any tool or weapon opened the box with his bare hands 2 : open to view : exposed laying bare their secrets 3 a : unfurnished or scantily supplied a bare room b : destitute bare of all safeguards 4 a : having nothing left over or added the bare necessities of life b : mere a bare two hours away c : devoid of amplification or adornment the bare facts 5 obsolete : worthless bareness noun bare 2 of 3 verb ˈber bared; baring transitive verb : to make or lay (something) bare (see bare entry 1) : uncover bare 3 of 3 archaic past tense of bear Did you know? 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. Did you know? 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. Synonyms Adjective mere very Verb disclose discover divulge expose let on (about) reveal spill tell unbosom uncloak uncover unmask unveil See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective 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 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 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. Verb 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 See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Environmental justice took a back seat to maximizing profit while doing the bare minimum. Essence, 29 Aug. 2022 What some quiet quitters call doing the bare minimum actually means giving full-attention to their work, then having a life outside work hours, says Brian Gray, who works in web development. Kathryn Dill And Angela Yang, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 By the standards of the NFL trade market, Indianapolis gave up the bare minimum in order to get Pryor. The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022 The bare minimum here is 64 GB, but 128 or higher is even better. Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 The pandemic laid bare the gaps and disparities in the U.S. public health system, and often resulted in blowback against local officials trying to slow the coronavirus's spread. Katheryn Houghton, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 And, like the Dreametech (in our roundup as well), the M7 wipes rather than actively mops bare floors. Stewart Wolpin, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 There is one TikTok from the brand Morphit Sea Moss that shows a chiseled man with brown skin and curly hair eating a coconut with his bare hands. Julissa Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The assailant reportedly used Ogorchukwu’s own crutch to strike him first, then crushed him with his bare hands until Ogorchukwu suffocated. Paolo Maurizio Talanti, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022 Verb From the start, Persuasion lays bare its conviction that this particular Austen heroine makes almost too much sense for our own moment, with our hyper-ironic personas and gratuitous fits of self-awareness. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2022 Throughout the United States, the fight for gender equality in laws that allow men, but not women, to bare their chests in public has been raging for decades. Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Just want to leave this here for the ignorant and arrogant people who have chosen to remain uneducated about what this means for we women who bare this burden. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022 And their journey to find that special someone lays bare their backgrounds, beliefs and preferences. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Viewers are met with an intimate gaze by the subjects, who bare their soul for my camera. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 11 July 2022 The pop icon has been known to bare it all on Instagram in the name of body positivity. Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 June 2022 The movie lays bare a grudge that has become its own self-sustaining engine, unmoored from logic or reason. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come. Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective and Verb Middle English, from Old English bær; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing bare bare (it) all bare-handed bare-knuckle lay bare bare one's soul with one's bare hands to a (bare) minimum the bare bones bare essentials bare bones bare-knuckles bare-knuckled See More bare (it) all bare-handed bare-knuckle lay bare bare one's soul with one's bare hands to a (bare) minimum the bare bones bare essentials bare bones bare-knuckles bare-knuckled See More Kids Definition bare 1 of 2 adjective ˈber barer; barest 1 : having no covering : naked bare feet The trees were bare of leaves. 2 : empty entry 1 sense 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 sense 2 the bare facts bare 2 of 2 verb bared; baring : uncover sense 2 bareness noun 1 as in emptiness the quality or state of being empty the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance emptiness vacancy barrenness hollowness bleakness blankness vacuity vacuum nothingness vacantness clearness dryness exhaustion openness availability depletion desolateness void Antonyms & Near Antonyms fullness fulness completeness abundance fatness repleteness 2 as in nudity the state of having no clothes on one's body as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness Synonyms & Similar Words nudity nude nakedness raw altogether bottomlessness buff birthday suit naturism toplessness nudism
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