Bare: English to English |
Bare () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v. |
Bare () of Bear |
Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. |
Bare (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. |
Bare (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. |
Bare (a.) Threadbare; much worn. |
Bare (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. |
Bare (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded. |
Bare (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. |
Bare (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. |
Bare (n.) Surface; body; substance. |
Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. |