bare

Meaning

Adj

1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
2. Naked, uncovered.
3. Having no supplies.
4. Having no decoration.
5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
6. (Multicultural-London-English, Yorkshire, not-comparable, slang) A lot or lots of.
7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
9. (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
10. Threadbare, very worn.
11. Not insured.

Adv

1. (dialectal) Barely.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) Very; significantly.
3. (slang) Without a condom.

Noun

1. The surface, the (bare) skin.
2. Surface; body; substance.
3. That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Verb

To uncover; to reveal.

Verb

simple past of bear

Opposite of

ample, plentiful, sufficient, covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed, full, furnished, stocked, supply, supplied, well-stocked, adorned, decorated, ornate, unadorned, concealed, obscured, apparent, open, overt, visible

Synonyms

naked

nude

bald

strip

uncover

exposed

uncovered

empty

stark

denude

plain

expose

stripped

open

reveal

barren

show

undressed

deserted

spare

hollow

bleak

blank

denuded

pure

denudate

scanty

clear

dry

unornamented

unsheathed

void

unadorned

simple

undress

desolate

waste

vacant

disrobe

blunt

mere

au naturel

desert

🏜️

deprive

bared

sheer

shell

🐚

crude

complete

purloin

Translations

nu

desnudo

nudo

nackt

bloot

bloß

nu

scoprire

naakt

entblößen

pelado

γυμνός

spoglio

onbedekt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bare

Inherited from Old English: bær

Cognate with Scots: bare

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: bar

Cognate with Western Frisian: baar

Cognate with Dutch: bar

Cognate with German: bar

Cognate with Swedish: bar

Cognate with Icelandic: ber

Cognate with Lithuanian: basas

Cognate with Polish: bosy

Inherited from Middle English: baren

Inherited from Old English: barian

In summary

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).
Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).