bare¹ /bār/

1. Naked
2. Open to view
3. Uncovered, bareheaded (obsolete)
4. Without the usual covering
5. Unarmed (obsolete)
6. Unfurnished, empty
7. Threadbare, worn
8. Unprovided or scantily provided
9. Poor
10. Scanty
11. Mere
12. Basic
13. Unadorned, unpolished (obsolete)
14. Paltry (Shakespeare)
15. Laid waste (Shakespeare; Milton)

To strip or uncover

bareˈly adverb

1. Hardly, scarcely
2. Just and no more
3. Not quite
4. Nakedly (obsolete)
5. Plainly, explicitly, openly (obsolete)

bareˈness noun

bārˈish adjective

Somewhat bare

bareˈback adjective and adverb

Without a saddle

bareˈbacked adjective

1. With bare back
2. Unsaddled

bareˈboat adjective

In shipping, used of a charter or hire in which the chartering company is totally responsible for manning, supplies, maintenance and insurance

bareˈbone noun (Shakespeare)

A very lean person

bare bones plural noun

The barest essentials or facts

bareˈ-breached adjective (Scot)

Trouserless

bareˈfaced adjective

1. With the face uncovered
2. Beardless
3. Avowed (Shakespeare)
4. Shameless
5. Impudent

barefacedly /-fāstˈli or -fāsˈid-li/ adverb

bareˈfacedness noun

bareˈfoot or barefootˈed adjective and adverb

1. Having the feet bare
2. Discalced

barefoot doctor noun

Orig in China, an agricultural worker trained in the basic principles of health, hygiene and first aid in order to treat fellow workers

barehandˈed adjective and adverb

With no weapon

bareheadˈed adjective and adverb

Without a hat

bareknuckˈle or bareknuckˈled adjective and adverb

1. Without boxing gloves on
2. Fiercely aggressive

bareland croft noun

A croft with no croft house

bareˈlegged adjective and adverb

with one's bare hands

With no weapon or tool

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