bare
1 (bâr)
[Middle English bar, from Old English bær.]
adjective: bar·er, bar·est.
- Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked: a bare arm.
- Exposed to view; undisguised: bare fangs.
- Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration: bare walls.
- Having no addition, adornment, or qualification: the bare facts. See synonyms at empty
- Just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities.
- Obsolete Bareheaded.
transitive verb: bared, bar·ing, bares.
- To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets.
- To expose: The dog bared its teeth.
derivatives
- baréness
- noun
bare
2 (bâr)
verb
Archaic
- A past tense of bear1