English Explanatory Dictionary

bare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
  2. Naked, uncovered.
  3. Having no supplies.
  4. Having no decoration.
  5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
  6. A lot or lots of.
  7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
  8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
  9. Mere; without embellishment.
  10. Threadbare, very worn.
  11. Not insured.
adv
  1. Barely.
  2. Very; significantly.
  3. Without a condom.
noun
  1. The surface, the (bare) skin.
  2. Surface; body; substance.
  3. That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
verb
  1. To uncover; to reveal.
verb
  1. simple past of bear
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Morecambe, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England, served by Bare Lane railway station (OS grid ref SD4564).

Pronunciation

bâr /bɛə/ /bɛː/ /bɛɚ/ en-us-bear.ogg /beː/ [beː~bɛː] /ˈbiːə(r)/ /bɛː(r)/ /beə/ /biə/ /beɹ/ /bɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

bare barer barest bares baring bared

Etymology

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

Synonyms

mere minimal exposed naked nude uncovered undressed empty unfurnished unstocked unsupplied plain unadorned undecorated austere bare chaste inornate modest quiet severe simple spartan unembellished unextravagant unornamented undecked ungarnished untrimmed unvarnished despoiled stripped apparent displayed distinct evident certain clear indubitable manifest notorious obvious unconcealed visible alone only very just shabby worn-out noninsured uninsured expose lay bare reveal show uncover

Antonyms

ample plentiful sufficient covered covered up dressed unexposed full furnished stocked supply supplied well-stocked adorned decorated ornate bedizened blatant blingish brash campy catchpenny chichi chintzy corny crass crude flashy flaunting florid flossy froufrou garish gauche gaudy gay glaring gross gussied up hideous kitsch kitschy loud meretricious naff obtrusive ostentatious pizazzy pretentious ritzy raffish schlocky showy snazzy splendiferous tacky tasteless tawdry tinselly too much

Derived words

ace bare barearse bare-arse bareass bare-assed bareback bare-backed barebacked bare beater bare beating bare-bellied bare-bellied Joe bare board bareboat barebone bare-boned bare bones bare-bones bare-boobed bare-bottomed barebow bare-breasted bare-bum barebutt bare-butt barechested bare-chested bare-eared squirrel monkey bare essentials bare-eye bare-eyed cockatoo barefaced barefast barefoot barefooted bare-footed bare-footen barehand bare hand barehanded bare-handed bare-handedly bare-handedness bare-headed bareheaded bare infinitive bareish bare king bare knuckle bare-knuckle bare-knuckle boxing bare-knuckled bare knuckled bare-knuckle fight bare knuckling bare-knuckling bareland barelegged bare-legged owl bare license
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