Bare Definition & Meaning
bare
- adjective
- completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
- lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
- not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
- lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
- 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"
- lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
- 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"
- having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
- verb
- lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
- make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
- lay bare; "denude a forest"
"Bare" in song lyrics
See how bare is used in real songs:
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"Whole cakes gone, weed baggies bare"
Anybody Killa — Warrior -
"Fought like ?? behind your standing bare"
Atoms Family — Most Can't Comprehend -
"In this day and era, it's more terror than you can bare"
Baddazis — If You (With All)
Words that rhyme with bare
Usage tips for "bare"
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- What does bare mean?
- completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model" lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade" lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet" just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts
- What part of speech is bare?
- Bare is an adjective and a verb.
- How many definitions does bare have?
- Bare has 13 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, verb).