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barebare1 /bɛr/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYbare1Origin: Old English bær ► the bare essentials The refugees fled, taking only the bare essentials. ► bare minimum Try to keep administrative costs to a bare minimum (=the smallest amount possible). THESAURUSnot wearing clothes or not covered by clothes► nakednot wearing clothes or not covered by clothes: She thought she saw a naked man run across the street. Claire walks around half naked (=not fully dressed) all the time. ► nude naked, or showing people who are naked. Used to talk about people in paintings, movies, etc., or to describe these types of paintings, movies, etc.: The model for the drawing class is completely nude. The museum has many nude paintings. ► undressed not wearing any clothes, because you have just taken them off to go to bed, take a shower, etc.: The doctor told him to get undressed and put on the hospital gown. ► bare not covered by clothes. Used especially to describe a part of the body: She wore a white skirt and had tanned bare legs. ► unclothed formal naked. Used mostly in writing: The body was found unclothed behind a building. ► have nothing on (also not have anything on): He didn’t have anything on except a towel. container► empty having nothing inside: Her glass was empty, so I offered her more lemonade. The gas tank is almost empty. ► hollow used about something that has an empty space inside: Sometimes small animals make nests in a hollow tree. ► bare used about a room or area that has very little in it: The cupboards were completely bare. ► blank used about a computer screen, a piece of paper, or a wall that has no writing or pictures on it. You can also use blank about a CD, DVD, etc. that has nothing recorded on it: He stared at a blank sheet of paper, not sure what to write. 1WITHOUT CLOTHES not covered by clothes: bare feet bare-chested men► see thesaurus at naked2NO TREES/LEAVES not covered by trees or grass, or not having any leaves: bare branches bare and treeless hills3NOT COVERED/EMPTY empty, not covered by anything, or not having any decorations: Paint the bare wood with a primer. a bare-looking room► see thesaurus at empty14SMALLEST AMOUNT NECESSARY [only before noun] the very least amount of something that you need to do something: The measure passed by a bare majority of votes. The refugees fled, taking only the bare essentials. Try to keep administrative costs to a bare minimum (=the smallest amount possible). → see also bare bones5the bare facts/truth a statement that tells someone only what he or she needs to know, with no additional details: You only need to give the bare facts.6lay something ↔ bare a)to uncover something that was previously hidden: The excavation laid bare the streets of the ancient city. b)to make known something that was secret: Snyder’s article lays bare the truth about the plot.7with your bare hands without using a weapon or tool: He killed a man with his bare hands.[Origin: Old English bær]—bareness noun [uncountable] |