bare

adjective

  1. 1

    lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    a plain hair style

    unembellished white walls

  2. 2

    lacking in amplitude or quantity

    a bare livelihood

    a scanty harvest

  3. 3

    completely unclothed

    bare bodies

    naked from the waist up

  4. 4

    having everything extraneous removed including contents

    the bare walls

    the cupboard was bare

  5. 5

    providing no shelter or sustenance

    bare rocky hills

    barren lands

  6. 6

    lacking its natural or customary covering

    a bare hill

    bare feet

  7. 7

    lacking a surface finish such as paint

    bare wood

    unfinished furniture

  8. 8

    apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

    only the bare facts

    shocked by the mere idea

  9. 9

    not having a protective covering

    unsheathed cables

    a bare blade

verb

  1. 1

    lay bare

    denude a forest

  2. 2

    make public

    She aired her opinions on welfare

Synonyms

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