bare

bare
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verb
Bare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑claw, ↑fang, ↑soul, ↑tooth
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adj.
VERBS
▪ be, look
▪ remain
▪ leave sth
▪

You shouldn't have left the wires bare.

▪ lay sth, strip sth
▪

The earth had been laid bare.

▪

The walls have been stripped bare.

ADVERB
▪ very
▪ completely, quite
▪

The room was completely bare.

▪ almost, rather
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪

The house was almost bare of furniture.

Bare is used with these nouns: ↑arm, ↑back, ↑belly, ↑bottom, ↑branch, ↑breast, ↑bulb, ↑bum, ↑buttock, ↑chest, ↑concrete, ↑cupboard, ↑detail, ↑dirt, ↑earth, ↑essentials, ↑existence, ↑fact, ↑fist, ↑flesh, ↑floor, ↑floorboard, ↑foot, ↑ground, ↑head, ↑hill, ↑hillside, ↑infinitive, ↑knee, ↑knuckle, ↑larder, ↑leg, ↑limb, ↑majority, ↑metal, ↑minimum, ↑necessity, ↑outline, ↑patch, ↑rock, ↑room, ↑shelf, ↑shoulder, ↑skin, ↑stomach, ↑subsistence, ↑table, ↑thigh, ↑toe, ↑torso, ↑tree, ↑twig, ↑wall, ↑wire

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  • Bare — (b[^a]r), a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. b[ae]r; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, Oslav. bos[u^] barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh[=a]s to shine. [root]85.] [1913 Webster] 1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bare — adj 1 Bare, naked, nude, bald, barren are comparable when they mean destitute or divested of the naturally or conventionally appropriate covering or clothing. Bare strongly suggests the removal or, often, the rejection of something additional,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Bare — means minimal or naked. Bare may also refer to:Places: * Bare, Morecambe, a suburb of Morecambe, in Lancashire, England * Bare (woreda), a district in Ethiopia * Bare (Serbia), a place in Serbia * Bărăi, Cluj, a village in Romania, formerly… …   Wikipedia

  • bare — bare1 [ber] adj. barer, barest [ME bar < OE bær < IE * bhoso s < ? base * bhes , to rub off > SAND] 1. a) without the natural or customary covering [bare wooden floors] b) without clothing; naked [bare legs] …   English World dictionary

  • Bare — bzw. Baré bezeichnet: einen Spitznamen des US amerikanischen Country Sängers und Songwriters Bobby Bare Bare (Bezirk), einen Bezirk der ehemaligen deutschen Kolonie Deutsch Kamerun das Kurzwort (Kopfwort) für Barebacking Baré (Ethnie), einen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bare — bare; bare·fac·ed·ly; bare·fit; bare·ness; bare·sark; thread·bare·ness; un·bare; bare·head·ed·ness; iso·bare; …   English syllables

  • bare — [beə ǁ ber] adjective go bare INSURANCE if a business goes bare, it decides not to buy insurance to protect it against claims for damage or harm done by its products: • Some firms choose to go bare, preferring possible bankruptcy to the certainty …   Financial and business terms

  • Baré — can mean:* The Baré people of Brazil * The Baré language, spoken by the Barés * Baré Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club * Jeanne Baré, a French explorer * Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, a former head of state of Niger …   Wikipedia

  • bare — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not clothed or covered. 2) without the appropriate or usual covering or contents: a big, bare room. 3) without elaboration; basic: the bare facts. 4) only just sufficient: a bare majority. ► VERB ▪ uncover and reveal. ● …   English terms dictionary

  • Bare — Bare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bared}(b[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baring}.] [AS. barian. See {Bare}, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bare — barè interj. bure: Aveles par mum̃ šaukia barè barè barè Mlt …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

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