Definitions for bare
bɛərbare

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bare, au naturel(p), naked, nudeadjective

   completely unclothed

   "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"

2. bare(a), scanty, spareadjective

   lacking in amplitude or quantity

   "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

3. unsheathed, bareadjective

   not having a protective covering

   "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"

4. bareadjective

   lacking its natural or customary covering

   "a bare hill"; "bare feet"

5. bare(a), marginaladjective

   just barely adequate or within a lower limit

   "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"

6. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

   apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

   "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

7. bare, unfinishedadjective

   lacking a surface finish such as paint

   "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"

8. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective

   providing no shelter or sustenance

   "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

9. bare, strippedadjective

   having everything extraneous removed including contents

   "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"

10. plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamentedverb

    lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

11. bareverb

    lay bare

    "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"

12. publicize, publicise, air, bareverb

    make public

    "She aired her opinions on welfare"

13. denude, bare, denudate, stripverb

    lay bare

    "denude a forest"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Barénoun

   An extinct language of Venezuela.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BAREadjective

   Etymology: bare, Sax. bar, Dan.

   1. Naked; without covering.

   The trees are bare and naked, which use both to cloath and house the kern. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Then stretch’d her arms t’ embrace the body bare;
   Her clasping hands inclose but empty air. Dryden.

   In the old Roman statues, these two parts were always bare, and exposed to view, as much as our hands and face at present. Joseph Addison, Travels.

   2. Uncovered in respect.

   Though the lords used to be covered whilst the commons were bare, yet the commons would not be bare before the Scottish commissioners; and so none were covered. Edward Hyde.

   3. Unadorned; plain; simple; without ornament.

   Yet was their manners then but bare and plain;
   For th’ antique world excess and pride did hate. Fairy Q.

   4. Detected; without concealment.

   These false pretexts and varnish’d colours failing,
   Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear? John Milton, Sampson Agonistes, l. 901.

   5. Poor; without plenty.

   Were it for the glory of God, that the clergy should be left as bare as the apostles, when they had neither staff nor scrip; God would, I hope, endue them with the self-same affection. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   Even from a bare treasury, my success has been contrary to that of Mr. Cowley. John Dryden, Epistles, Dedication.

   6. Mere.

   It was a bare petition of a state
   To one whom they had punish’d. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   You have an exchequer of words, and no other treasure for your followers; for it appears, by their bare liveries, that they live by your bare words. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Verona.

   Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words, only through a defect of knowledge; but carried, with these puffs of wind, contrary to knowledge. South.

   7. Threadbare; much worn; as, bare liveries, in the last quotation from William Shakespeare.8. Not united with any thing else.

   A desire to draw all things to the determination of bare and naked Scripture, hath caused much pains to be taken in abating the credit of man. Richard Hooker, b. ii. § 7.

   That which offendeth us, is the great disgrace which they offer unto our custom of bare reading the word of God. Richard Hooker.

   9. Sometimes it has of before the thing taken away.

   Tempt not the brave and needy to despair;
   For, tho’ your violence should leave them bare
   Of gold and silver, swords and darts remain. John Dryden, Juv.

   Making a law to reduce interest, will not raise the price of land; it will only leave the country barer of money. John Locke.

2. Bare or Borethe preterite of to bear.

3. To Bareverb

   To strip; to make bare or naked.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   The turtle on the bared branch,
   Laments the wounds that death did launch. Edmund Spenser.

   There is a fabulous narration, that an herb groweth in the likeness of a lamb, and feedeth upon the grass, in such sort as it will bare the grass round about. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   Eriphyle here he found
   Baring her breast, yet bleeding with the wound. Dryden.

   He bar’d an ancient oak of all her boughs:
   Then on a rising ground the trunks he plac’d. Dryden.

   For virtue, when I point the pen,
   Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star;
   Can there be wanting to defend her cause,
   Lights of the church, or guardians of the laws? Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bare

   BARE in the Woods (or BARE Festival) is an annual, award-winning music festival which has been staged since 2014 at Garryhinch Woods, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland. B.A.R.E stands for Bringing Another Righteous Event.BARE 2018 is set to take place at Borris House, Co. Carlow on 6 and 7 July 2018.

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1. bare

   1) Without any covering, protection, or concealment; exposed, plain, or unadorned: The bare walls of a new house. 2) Lacking the appropriate or usual covering or clothing; naked or undressed: his bare feet. 3) Without the necessary abilities, experience, or education: the bare minimum. 4) To reveal or plainly disclose: Unemployment statistics lay bare the recession.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bareadjective

   without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare

2. Bareadjective

   with head uncovered; bareheaded

3. Bareadjective

   without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed

4. Bareadjective

   plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager

5. Bareadjective

   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

6. Bareadjective

   threadbare; much worn

7. Bareadjective

   mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority

8. Barenoun

   surface; body; substance

9. Barenoun

   that part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather

10. Bareadjective

    to strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast

11. Bare

    bore; the old preterit of Bear, v

12. Bare

    of Bear

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bare

   Bare is the third studio album by Annie Lennox, released in June 2003 on RCA Records. It peaked at number 3 in the UK and number 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the U.S. and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 46th Grammy Awards. According to official SoundScan figures, the album had sold a total of 826,000 copies in the United States by October 2005. The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox. The Japanese edition of the album features a version of Lennox's earlier hit "Cold" recorded live in Toronto. The cover art shows Lennox with pale makeup on her face and a small dogchain on her neck.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bare

   bār, adj. uncovered: naked: open to view: poor, scanty: unadorned: (Shak.) unarmed: mere or by itself: (Shak.) paltry, desolate: empty: (Spens.) rude.—v.t. to strip or uncover.—adj. Bare′backed, with bare back: unsaddled.—n. Bare′bone (Shak.), a very lean person.—adj. Bare′faced, with the face uncovered: (Shak.) avowed: impudent.—adv. Bare′facedly.—n. Bare′facedness.—adjs. Bare′foot, -ed, having the feet bare, often of some monastic orders; Bare′-gnawn (Shak.), gnawed bare; Bare′headed, having the head bare; Bar′ish (Carlyle), somewhat bare; Bare′legged, having the legs bare.—adv. Bare′ly.—ns. Bare′ness; Bare′sark, a fierce Norse fighter, a berserker.—adv. in a shirt only. [A.S. bær; Ger. baar, bar; Ice. berr.]

2. Bare

   bār, old pa.t. of Bear.

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1. BARE

   What does BARE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BARE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Bare

   Bare vs. Bear -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Bare and Bear.

3. Bare

   Bear vs. Bare -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Bear and Bare.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bare

   without clothing of any kind: see bald.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BARE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bare is ranked #4836 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bare surname appeared 7,291 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Bare.
   
   90.5% or 6,599 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 257 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 197 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 128 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Clear
   • Tell
   • Uncover

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bare' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4079

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bare' in Adjectives Frequency: #538

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Anagrams for bare »

1. Aber

2. bear

3. bear

4. brae

How to pronounce bare?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bare in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bare in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bare in a Sentence

1. Kahlil Gibran:

   Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

2. Mesut Hancer:

   It was awful. As soon as I heard the news, I rushed there. And with my own bare hands, with my own means, with great effort I tried to pull out my daughter. However, unfortunately, I couldn’t save my daughter, losing a mother, a father or siblings aside, losing a child is on another level of despair.

3. Angelique Hilaire:

   I can't afford to rent anywhere else, every time it rains I pray to God for it to stop. But what can I do ? Even a short downpour can leave the capital flooded as piles of rubbish on the streets and debris filled canals block drains, which exacerbates flooding. Natural disasters linked to climate change will only get more frequent and extreme in the future, experts say. Decades of deforestation have left Haiti even more exposed to natural disasters, with less than three percent of its original forest cover still intact, according to the UNDP. This causes soil erosion and reduces the ability of soil to retain water, making Haiti more vulnerable to flooding and landslides. During heavy rainfall, there are few trees to stop water washing down the bare mountains. While 5.5 million tree seedlings have been planted in Haiti by the UNDP since 2010, not enough has been done to stop people cutting down trees in the first place. Selling charcoal, which comes from burning wood, is used for cooking and is a key source of income for many Haitians living in the countryside. .

4. Herodotus:

   The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.

5. Idris Elba:

   And to everyone thats going through some hard times financially right now: Just bare up. This is going to be a tough time for everyone but keep your head up, basically, alright?

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bare
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bare
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bare
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bare
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bare
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bare
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=bare
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bare