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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

  1. 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
  2. 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:
  3. 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
  4. Having no decoration.
    • The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
  5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
    • The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
  6. (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:
  7. 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:
  8. 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:
  9. (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
  10. 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]:
  11. 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

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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(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(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)

bare en · ADV · 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

  1. (dialectal) Barely.
    • The fiend had bare departed when Ailie came over the threshold to find the auld carline glunching over the fire. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
    • He finally came back to himself and asked why the furor. "Why," Lucy said, "because this is Christmas Eve. We have bare enough time to get ready for the ball, after dinner, as it is." 2009, Allan Cole with Chris Bunch, The Wars of the Shannons:
    • “I've bare enough for these two, much less fill your belly.” 2011, Elizabeth Vaughan, Warprize:
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) Very; significantly.
    • That pissed me off bare.
    • That's bare stupid.
  3. (slang) Without a condom.
    • While none of the participants had complete confidence in condoms, they continued to use them as a better alternative than “going in bare". 2000, Northeast African Studies - Volume 7, page 119:
    • I like to go bare. I don't like wearing condoms, actually I hate 'em. 2010, M. L. Matthews, I Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity, →ISBN:
    • It would be fine to have these women bare, without condoms. 2002, The Society of Malawi Journal - Volumes 55-58, page 70:

Translations (9)

nb bareback (without condom) · nb ubeskyttet (without condom) · hu tökre (slang words meaning "very, significantly") · nb veldig (slang words meaning "very, significantly") · pt no pelo (without condom) · fi paljaalla (without condom) · fi tosi (slang words meaning "very, significantly") · nb svært (slang words meaning "very, significantly") · hu tök (slang words meaning "very, significantly")

bare en · NOUN · 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

  1. (with the) The surface, the (bare) skin.
    • Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably. 2002, Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7:
    • In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...] 1599, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida:
  2. Surface; body; substance.
    • You have touched the very bare of naked truth. c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  3. That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Forms

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bares Number=Plur lexicographic

bare en · VERB · etymology 2

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 baren, from Old English barian, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną (“to bare, make bare”).

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
    • She bared her teeth at him.
    • The tabloid newspaper promised to bare all.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
baring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bared Tense=Past lexicographic
bares Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

cover (antonym(s) of “uncover”) · hide (antonym(s) of “uncover”) · cover up (antonym(s) of “uncover”)

Deriveds

bare all (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · unbare (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · bare one's soul (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · bare one's heart (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · bare it all (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · bare one's breast (Terms derived from bare (verb)) · bare one's teeth (Terms derived from bare (verb))

Synonyms

uncover · show · expose (uncover) · reveal · lay bare

Translations (19)

nb avdekke (to uncover, reveal) · la nudo (to uncover, reveal) · vo nüdükön (to uncover, reveal) · cs odhalit (to uncover, reveal) · fi näyttää (to uncover, reveal) · cs odkrýt (to uncover, reveal) · hu felfed (to uncover, reveal) · cs obnažit (to uncover, reveal) · es descubrir (to uncover, reveal) · nb vise (to uncover, reveal) · hu kitakar (to uncover, reveal) · hu kivillant (to uncover, reveal) · ru обнажить (to uncover, reveal) · izh paljastaa (to uncover, reveal) · is bera (to uncover, reveal) · mi whakapakiri (to uncover, reveal) · mi whakatetē (to uncover, reveal) · hu kimutat (to uncover, reveal) · fi paljastaa (to uncover, reveal)

bare en · VERB · etymology 3

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

Inflected forms.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, obsolete, past) simple past of bear
    form of bear
    • And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 15:15:
    • And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC: