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The meaning of BARE is lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering. How to use bare in a sentence. Usage Note on Bear Usage Note on Bear Synonym Discussion of Bare.
Bare can be an adjective that means uncovered (as in bare feet) or empty or without the usual contents (as in bare cabinets or bare walls), or a verb meaning to reveal or open to view (as in bare your secrets).
without any clothes or not covered by anything: The hot sand burned my bare feet. Inside, the floors were bare and there was very little furniture. Bare also means the least possible or only this much of something: They had nothing beyond the bare necessities (of life) (= the most basic things you need).
Some common synonyms of bare are bald, barren, naked, and nude. While all these words mean "deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering," bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.
- The synonyms bald and bare are sometimes interchangeable, but bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicu...
- The words barren and bare can be used in similar contexts, but barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility. // barren plains
- While in some cases nearly identical to bare, naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of desti...
- While the synonyms nude and bare are close in meaning, nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure. // a nude model posing for art students
The adjective bare describes something or someone that is naked or unclothed. Bare can be used in many different ways: to describe the inside of your nearly-empty refrigerator, an uncarpeted floor, or your unadorned, sparsely decorated bedroom.
bare adjective (BASIC) including only the smallest amount that you need of something: The report just gave us the barest facts about the accident. Tony's salary only covers the bare essentials for the family. See also. with your bare hands.
Definition of bare adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
