bare
1. bare \'ba(*)r, 'be(*)r\ aj [ME, fr. OE br; akin to OHG bar naked,
Lith basas ba]refoot 1a: lacking its natural, usual, or appropriate
covering 1b1: lacking clothing obs 1b2: BAREHEADED 1c: UNARMED 2: open
to view : EXPOSED 3a: unfurnished or scantily supplied 3b: DESTITUTE {~
of all safeguards} 4a: having nothing left over or added : MERE 4b:
devoid of amplification or adornment obs 5: WORTHLESS eprived of
naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. BARE implies the removal
of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable; NAKED
suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state
of nature, of destitution, of defenselessness, of simple beauty; NUDE
applies to the unclothed human figure and commonly lacks special
connotation; BALD implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and
may suggest a conspicuous bareness; BARREN implies an absence of natural
covering esp. of trees and may suggest aridity or impoverishment or
sterility - bare.ly av SYN syn BARE, NAKED, NUDE, BALD, BARREN mean d
2. bare vt : to make or lay bare : UNCOVER, REVEAL
3. bare archaic past of BEAR