āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖāĻšā§āĻ¨
(of a part of the body) not covered by any clothing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His bare chest glistened with sweat after a vigorous workout at the gym.
āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
lacking in amount, quantity, or extent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The budget provided bare funding for the project.
03
not having the usual or natural covering
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The ground remained bare after the harvest.
04
lacking a protective covering
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bare pipe needed insulation.
05
emptied of all nonessential items or contents
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The shelves stood bare in the empty store.
06
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤
offering no protection or refuge
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The small island was bare, with no vegetation to shield against the scorching sun.
āĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
07
at or near the minimum required
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He scored a bare passing mark.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her apology was the bare acknowledgment of her mistake.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤
09
without decoration or embellishment
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She preferred a bare design for the tableware.
10
unpainted or unpolished
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He exposed the bare wood before staining it.
to bare
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something visible
Transitive: to bare sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
With a dramatic flourish, the magician bared the contents of the empty hat, revealing a surprise.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to reveal or expose something
Transitive: to bare information or facts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The therapy sessions allowed him to bare his innermost thoughts and confront the emotional baggage.
āĻĨā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
used to emphasize quantity or degree
Dialect
British
BritishSlang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He's bare funny, always making us laugh.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
barely
bareness
bare
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
