Bare - Definition

adj 1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the
waist up"; "a nude model" [syn: bare, au naturel(p),
naked, nude]
2: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty,
spare]
3: not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a
bare blade" [syn: unsheathed, bare] [ant: sheathed]
4: lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill";
"bare feet" [ant: covered]
5: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare
majority"; "a marginal victory" [syn: bare(a), marginal]
6: 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:
bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)]
7: lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood";
"unfinished furniture" [syn: bare, unfinished]
8: 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: bare, barren, bleak, desolate,
stark]
9: having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the
bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare" [syn: bare,
stripped]
10: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair
style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional
architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn:
plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented]
v 1: lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
2: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn:
publicize, publicise, air, bare]
3: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare,
denudate, strip]