Bare
WordNet
adjective
(1) Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"A plain hair style"
"Unembellished white walls"
"Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
(2) Completely unclothed
"Bare bodies"
"Naked from the waist up"
"A nude model"
(3) Having everything extraneous removed including contents
"The bare walls"
"The cupboard was bare"
(4) 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"
(5) Lacking its natural or customary covering
"A bare hill"
"Bare feet"
(6) Lacking a surface finish such as paint
"Bare wood"
"Unfinished furniture"
(7) Not having a protective covering
"Unsheathed cables"
"A bare blade"
verb
(8) Lay bare
"Denude a forest"
(9) Make public
"She aired her opinions on welfare"
(10) Lay bare
"Bare your breasts"
"Bare your feelings"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- the bare necessities
- Naked, uncovered.
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- Having no supplies.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare.
- Having no decoration.
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- A lot or lots of.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
Synonyms
- (minimal): mere, minimal
- (naked): exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed
- (having no supplies): empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied
- (having no decoration): empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated
- (having had what usually covers (something) removed): despoiled, stripped, uncovered
Antonyms
- (minimal): ample, plentiful, sufficient
- (naked): covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed
- (having no supplies): full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked
- (having no decoration): adorned, decorated, ornate
- (having had what usually covers (something) removed): covered
Adverb
- Very; significantly.
- This porno's bare whack, bruv.
Verb
- To uncover; to reveal; as, to bare one's teeth, to bare one's soul.