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bare

adjective · verb

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01adjective

having no clothes on the body

“bare bodies”

“naked from the waist up”

02adjective

lacking in magnitude or quantity

“a bare livelihood”

“a scanty harvest”

03adjective

not having a protective covering

“unsheathed cables”

“a bare blade”

04adjective

lacking its natural or customary covering

“a bare hill”

“bare feet”

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05adjective

just barely adequate or within a lower limit

“a bare majority”

“a marginal victory”

06adjective

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

“only the bare facts”

“shocked by the mere idea”

07adjective

lacking a surface finish such as paint

“bare wood”

“unfinished furniture”

08adjective

providing no shelter or sustenance

“bare rocky hills”

“barren lands”

09adjective

having everything extraneous removed including contents

“the bare walls”

“the cupboard was bare”

10adjective

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

“a plain hair style”

“unembellished white walls”

11verb

expose to view

“bare your breasts”

“bare your feelings”

12verb

make public

“She aired her opinions on welfare”

13verb

lay bare

“denude a forest”

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