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    bare
    [ber]
    adjective
    bare (adjective) · barer (comparative adjective) · barest (superlative adjective)
    1. (of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered:
      "he was bare from the waist up" · "she padded in bare feet towards the door"
      • without the appropriate, usual, or natural covering:
        "bare floorboards" · "a clump of bare aspen trees"
      • without the appropriate or usual contents:
        "a bare cell with just a mattress"
      • (bare of)
        devoid of; without:
        "the interior was bare of plaster"
      • unconcealed; without disguise:
        "an ordeal that would lay bare a troubled family background"
    2. without addition; basic and simple:
      "he outlined the bare essentials of the story" · "a strange, bare production of Twelfth Night"
      • only just sufficient:
        "a bare majority"
      • surprisingly small in number or amount:
        "all you need to get started with this program is a bare 10K bytes of memory"
    verb
    bare (verb) · bares (third person present) · bared (past tense) · bared (past participle) · baring (present participle)
    1. uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view:
      "he bared his chest to show his scar"
    determiner
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    informal
    1. a large amount or number of:
      "I've got bare work to do"
    adverb
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    informal
    bare (adverb)
    1. very; really (used as an intensifier):
      "you are bare lazy"
    Origin
    Old English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar.
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    adjective
    1. (of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered:
      naked
      unclothed
      undressed
      uncovered
      stripped
      in a state of nature
      disrobed
      unclad
      undraped
      exposed
      nude
      in the nude
      stark naked
      au naturel
      in one's birthday suit
      in the raw
      in the altogether
      in the buff
      mother naked
      starkers
      in the scud
      scuddy
      bare-assed
      buck naked
      with nothing on
      without a stitch on
      as naked as the day one was born
      in the nuddy
      bollocky
      bollock-naked
      Opposite:
      clothed
    2. without addition; basic and simple:
      straightforward
      plain
      simple
      basic
      pure
      essential
      bare-bones
      fundamental
      stripped down
      cut down
      stark
      bald
      cold
      hard
      truthful
      realistic
      true to life
      brutal
      harsh
      explicit
      unequivocal
      unambiguous
      unadorned
      unembellished
      undisguised
      unveiled
      unvarnished
      unqualified
      warts and all
      unexaggerated
    verb
    1. uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view:
      uncover
      strip
      undress
      unclothe
      denude
      unveil
      unmask
      expose
      reveal
      display
      exhibit
      lay bare
      expose to view
      put on display
      put on show
      Opposite:
      cover
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