Definition of
Bare
- (verb, change) lay bare
- (verb, communication) make public
- (verb, contact) lay bare
bare your feelings - (adj, all) lacking embellishment or ornamentation
unembellished white walls
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete - (adj, all) lacking in amplitude or quantity
a scanty harvest
a spare diet - (adj, all) completely unclothed
naked from the waist up
a nude model - (adj, all) having everything extraneous removed including contents
the cupboard was bare - (adj, all) providing no shelter or sustenance
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape - (adj, all) lacking its natural or customary covering
bare feet - (adj, all) lacking a surface finish such as paint
unfinished furniture - (adj, all) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
shocked by the mere idea
the simple passage of time was enough
the simple truth - (adj, all) not having a protective covering
a bare blade - (adj, all) just barely adequate or within a lower limit
a marginal victory
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Bare
air, au naturel, barren, bleak, denudate, denude, desolate, marginal, mere, naked, nude, plain, publicise, publicize, scanty, simple, spare, stark, strip, stripped, unembellished, unfinished, unornamented, unsheathed
Antonyms of Bare
Alternate forms of Bare
Derivations: bareness
Hyponyms: air, beam, bring out, broadcast, bulletin, burn off, circularise, circularize, circulate, defoliate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, hype, issue, pass around, propagate, publish, put out, release, send, spread, transmit
Origin of the word Bare
- O.E. b?r "naked, uncovered," from P.Gmc. *bazaz (cf. Ger. bar, O.N. berr, Du. baar), from PIE *bhosos (cf. Armenian bok "naked;" O.C.S. bosu, Lith. basas "barefoot"). Meaning "sheer, absolute" (c.1200) is from the notion of "complete in itself." The verb is O.E. barian. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper