Adjective: bare (barer,barest) behr
- Having no clothes on the body
"bare bodies";
- au naturel, naked, nude
- Not having a protective covering
"a bare blade";
- unsheathed
- Lacking its natural or customary covering
"a bare hill"; "bare feet"
- Lacking a surface finish such as paint
"bare wood";
- unfinished
- Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a bare hair style";
- plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented
- Having everything extraneous removed including contents
"the cupboard was bare"; "the bare walls";
- stripped
- Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
"only the bare facts";
- mere, simple
- Lacking in magnitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood";
- scanty, spare
- Just barely adequate or within a lower limit
"a bare majority";
- marginal
- Having little or no vegetation; lifeless
"bare rocky hills";
- barren, bleak, desolate, stark
- Make visible, allow others to see
"bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
- Make public
"She bared her opinions on welfare";
- publicize, publicise [Brit], air
- Remove or clear everything so that nothing is left
"The winter storms bared the trees";
- denude, denudate, strip
Sounds like: bear
Derived forms: bared, baring, barer, barest, bares
See also: bald, denudate, denuded, empty, inhospitable, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], naked, narrow, plain, scrimpy, stingy [informal], unadorned, unclothed, undecorated, undraped, unpainted, unroofed
Type of: clear, expose, tell, uncover
Encyclopedia: Bare, Morecambe