Meaning of bare in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.

• Surface; body; substance.

• That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

adjective

• Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

  Example: a bare majority

• Naked, uncovered.

  Example: I do wonder why keeping my little breasts bare can be lewd even as none tells my brother anything for being bare-chested.

• Having no supplies.

  Example: The cupboard was bare.

• Having no decoration.

  Example: The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

• Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

  Example: The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

• (Toronto) A lot or lots of.

  Example: It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.

• With head uncovered; bareheaded.

• Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

• Mere; without embellishment.

• Threadbare, very worn.

• Not insured.

adverb

• Very; significantly.

  Example: It's taking bare time.

• Barely.

• Without a condom.

verb

• To uncover; to reveal.

  Example: She bared her teeth at him.

verb

• To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

  Example: Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.

• To support, sustain, or endure.

• To support, keep up, or maintain.

• To press or impinge upon.

• To produce, yield, give birth to.

• (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

  Example: By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.

• To gain or win.