bare en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /beː/ (Australia)
- [beː~bɛː] (Australia)
- /biə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
- (General-American) audio
- bâr
- /bɛː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /beɹ/ (Scotland)
- /bɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bɛɹ/ (General-American)
- /beə/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /bɛɚ/ (General-American)
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”).
Meanings
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Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Nature indeed furnishes us with the bare necessaries of life, but traffic gives us a great variety of what is useful
1711 May 29 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, May 19, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 69; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:a bare majority
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Naked, uncovered.
"I refuse to show myself out of doors in my bare feet," the Centipede said. "I have to get my boots on again first."
1961, Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach, Knopf, page 46:
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Having no supplies.
Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012:The cupboard was bare.
a room bare of furniture
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Having no decoration.
The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
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Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
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(Multicultural-London-English, Yorkshire, not-comparable, slang) A lot or lots of.
Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):It's taking bare time.
You shagged bare lads, you're a little sket / Have you heard your bars? They're fucking pept
2016 December 3, Millie B, “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:The phone would answer, we'd go round the corner, pass something to someone, go back and we'd have bare dough, we'd have bare money in our pocket.
2005 July 13, Ryan, quotee, “‘We like the easy money. We like the lifestyle’”, in The Guardian:
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With head uncovered; bareheaded.
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. / God is more there, then thou: for thou art there / Onely by his permiſſion.
[1633], George Herbert, “The Church-porch”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC, page 14:
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Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare in thy guilt how foul muſt thou appear?
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 56, line 903:
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(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Chapter XII:bare essentials; bare necessities
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Threadbare, very worn.
for it appears, by their bare liveries, that they live by your bare words.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
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Not insured.
That a firm chooses to go bare has no effect on whether it gets sued or not.
1994, David S. Haviland, The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, page 310:Before the company was formed, the firm went bare for about three months in 1985, but it now has prior acts coverage for that time.
1987 December 1, ABA Journal, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| barest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
hidden · adorned · catchpenny · stocked · kitsch · undisclosed · corny · covered up · obfuscated · blatant · ritzy · untasteful · campy · tinselly · plentiful · recondite · inward · tect · nondisplayed · supply · secluded · whorish · private · latent · gaudy · flashy · florid · garish · obscured · underground · glaring · crass · froufrou · dern · dressed · kitschy · snug · secret · crude · flaunting · brash · secreted · too much · schlocky · sufficient · covered · veiled · decorated · chintzy · chichi · obfuscatory · snazzy · covered · zesty · tasteless · gauche · hideous · covered · pimped out · pretentious · occulted · unbecoming · furnished · pizazzy · raffish · supplied · blingish · vain · ample · obtrusive · gay · ostentatious · invisible · naff · obscure · silent · loud · full · trinkety · occluded · concealed · tacky · unapparent · concealed · ornate · gussied up · obscured · dark · meretricious · unexposed · well-stocked · gross · flossy · tawdry · showy · splendiferous · bedizened
Deriveds
bare-knuckle boxing (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barechested (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barehanded (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barearse (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barefast (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare king (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · king bare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barelegged (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-bellied Joe (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareroot (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-bones (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-bellied (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare beating (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barenecked (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare metal (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · unbare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-butt (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-skin (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-throated bellbird (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-eyed cockatoo (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-headed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare essentials (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barebutt (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare trust (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-eye (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareskin (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareish (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-backed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare board (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-handed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barefoot (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-legged owl (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · the cupboard is bare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareback (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-breasted (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareness (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-arse (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barehand (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barebacked (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare bones (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barefaced (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareland (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-bum (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-handedly (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-chested (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-assed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare noun (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-eared squirrel monkey (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barish (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · threadbare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · lay bare one's soul (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barely (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare hand (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare knuckling (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · baresark (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareboat (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare poles (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-boned (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare knuckled (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare knuckle (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare minimum (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare infinitive (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · in one's bare skin (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-footen (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare minimum Monday (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-handedness (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-knuckle fight (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare license (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · with one's bare hands (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare patch (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-boobed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barefooted (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-knuckle (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareword (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-knuckled (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barebow (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-root (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-bottomed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-shouldered (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-knuckling (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · barebone (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareass (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · ace bare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · lay bare (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · pale-faced bare-eye (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare-footed (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare beater (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bareheaded (Terms derived from bare (adjective)) · bare navy (Terms derived from bare (adjective))
Synonyms
bare · unvarnished · worn-out · exposed · very · very · just · unstocked · unconcealed · plain · bare · bare · quiet · alone · simple · austere · shabby · certain · severe · minimal · evident · displayed · plain · despoiled · empty · unornamented · uncovered · modest · unembellished · unsupplied · mere · noninsured · obvious · undressed · only · manifest · unfurnished · exposed · chaste · ungarnished · visible · spartan · simple · empty · inornate · apparent · untrimmed · mere · simple · undecorated · uninsured · nude · plain · clear · alone · only · naked · distinct · unadorned · uncovered · undecked · unadorned · apparent · displayed · uncovered · unextravagant · indubitable · notorious · stripped
Translations (139)
grc γυμνός (naked, uncovered) · it nudo (having no decoration) · izh paljas (naked, uncovered) · nl kaal (having no decoration) · hu puszta (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · hu dísztelen (having no decoration) · ru го́лый (having no decoration) · hu kopár (having no decoration) · cs obnažený (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · ota قورو (minimal) · gd lom (minimal) · it nudo (naked, uncovered) · es mínimo (minimal) · gv lhome (naked, uncovered) · nb masse (slang words meaning "lot or lots of") · it vuoto (having no supplies) · nl bloot (naked, uncovered) · bg непокрит (naked, uncovered) · gd rùisgte (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · sa ऋक्ष (naked, uncovered) · nb naken (naked, uncovered) · bg неукрасен (having no decoration) · cs prázdný (having no supplies) · fi pelkkä (minimal) · tl hubad (naked, uncovered) · fr minimal (minimal) · fi rutosti (slang words meaning "lot or lots of") · kea inban (minimal) · hu csomó (slang words meaning "lot or lots of") · nb udekket (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · nn naken (naked, uncovered) · gd lom (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · ga lom (naked, uncovered) · grc ψιλός (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · wa nou (naked, uncovered) · gv lhome (minimal) · fi tyhjä (having no supplies) · hu csupasz (naked, uncovered) · es desnudo (having no decoration) · hu pőre (naked, uncovered) · es desnudo (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · hu minimális (minimal) · fo berur (naked, uncovered) · nb minimal (minimal) · vi trụi (naked, uncovered) · vi trơ (naked, uncovered) · nb bar (having no decoration) · got 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 (naked, uncovered) · sh go (naked, uncovered) · nb udekket (having no decoration) · hu üres (having no supplies) · ga lom (having no decoration) · es desnudo (naked, uncovered) · nb mye (slang words meaning "lot or lots of") · la nudum (naked, uncovered) · hu csupasz (having no decoration) · it nuda (naked, uncovered) · bg най-малък (minimal) · cs nahý (naked, uncovered) · sh nag (naked, uncovered) · eu has (naked, uncovered) · nb snau (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · nb bar (naked, uncovered) · bg гол (naked, uncovered) · ga lom (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · hu meztelen (naked, uncovered) · hu csupasz (having no supplies) · gd lom (having no supplies) · hu rakás (slang words meaning "lot or lots of") · cs holý (having no decoration) · ru го́лый (naked, uncovered) · fa لخت (having no decoration) · hu puszta (minimal) · hu csupasz (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · fi paljas (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · vo nüdik (naked, uncovered) · fr nu (naked, uncovered) · cs holý (naked, uncovered) · da bar (naked, uncovered) · cs základní (minimal) · fy keal (naked, uncovered) · hu pőre (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · gd lom (having no decoration) · gd lom (naked, uncovered) · nb bar (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · hy մերկ (naked, uncovered) · grc ψιλός (minimal) · hu elenyésző (minimal) · bg прост (having no decoration) · cs obnažený (naked, uncovered) · it privo (having no supplies) · nb naken (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · eo nuda (naked, uncovered) · fi paljas (having no decoration) · la nudus (naked, uncovered) · vi trần (naked, uncovered) · bg оголен (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · tr çıplak (naked, uncovered) · hu csekély (minimal) · nb flein (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · ga lom (having no supplies) · cs holý (having no supplies) · gd lomnochd (naked, uncovered) · it grezzo (having no decoration) · sv bar (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · gd rùisgte (naked, uncovered) · hu kopár (having no supplies) · it basilare (minimal) · ru едва́ доста́точный (minimal) · fi tyhjä (having no decoration) · ang bær (naked, uncovered) · pt nu (naked, uncovered) · nrf nu (naked, uncovered) · grc ψιλός (naked, uncovered) · hy տկլոր (naked, uncovered) · cmn 裸 (naked, uncovered) · de nackt (naked, uncovered) · fi paljas (naked, uncovered) · sv bar (naked, uncovered) · hu puszta (having no supplies) · de bar (naked, uncovered) · ru пусто́й (having no decoration) · fa برهنه (naked, uncovered) · pl goły (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · cs holý (minimal) · tl nahubaran (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · it spoglio (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · lv pliks (having no decoration) · izh paljakas (naked, uncovered) · la nuda (naked, uncovered) · ota عریان (naked, uncovered) · cmn 赤裸 (naked, uncovered) · ko 맨 (naked, uncovered) · es morondo (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · kea inban (having no supplies) · fr nue (naked, uncovered) · es moroncho (having had what usually covers (something) removed) · lv pliks (naked, uncovered) · cs prostý (having no decoration)