bare
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
Old English bær
[edit] Adjective
bare (comparative barer, superlative barest)
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- the bare necessities
- Naked, uncovered.
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- Having no supplies.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare.
- Having no decoration.
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- (UK, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
- (LGBT) without a condom
- I fucked him bare.
[edit] Synonyms
- (minimal): mere, minimal
- (naked): exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed
- (having no supplies): empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied
- (having no decoration): empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated
- (having had what usually covers (something) removed): despoiled, stripped, uncovered
[edit] Antonyms
- (minimal): ample, plentiful, sufficient
- (naked): covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed
- (having no supplies): full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked
- (having no decoration): adorned, decorated, ornate
- (having had what usually covers (something) removed): covered
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Terms derived from bare (adjective)
[edit] Translations
naked, uncovered
having no decoration
having had what usually covers (something) removed
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bare
[edit] Noun
bare (plural bares)
- (‘the bare’) the surface, the (bare) skin
- (Can we date this quote?), John Marston:
- In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]
- 2002, Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7:
- Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
- (Can we date this quote?), John Marston:
[edit] Etymology 2
Old English barian.
[edit] Verb
bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared)
- (transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
- She bared her teeth at him.
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Terms derived from bare (verb)
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[edit] Etymology 3
Inflected forms.
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bare
- (obsolete) Simple past of bear.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- 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. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
[edit] References
- bare in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- bare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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bare
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bare
[edit] Danish
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- IPA: /barə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]
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bare
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bare
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bare
- definite and plural of bar
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bare
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bare f.
- Plural form of bara.
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bare
[edit] Norwegian
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bare
- if; as long as
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bare
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bare
- absolute definite natural masculine form of bar.
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