BARE

Bare ( ) - Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

Bare ( ) - of Bear

Bare ( a. ) - 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.

Bare ( a. ) - Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.

Bare ( a. ) - Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.

Bare ( a. ) - Threadbare; much worn.

Bare ( a. ) - To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.

Bare ( a. ) - With head uncovered; bareheaded.

Bare ( a. ) - Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

Bare ( a. ) - Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

Bare ( n. ) - Surface; body; substance.

Bare ( n. ) - That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.