English dictionary
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English adjective: bare | |||
| 1. | bare completely unclothed | ||
| Samples | Bare bodies. Naked from the waist up. A nude model. | ||
| Synonyms | au naturel, naked, nude | ||
| Similar | unclothed | ||
| Antonyms | clad, clothed | ||
| 2. | bare lacking in amplitude or quantity | ||
| Samples | A bare livelihood. A scanty harvest. A spare diet. | ||
| Synonyms | scanty, spare | ||
| Similar | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
| Antonyms | ample | ||
| 3. | bare not having a protective covering | ||
| Samples | Unsheathed cables. A bare blade. | ||
| Synonyms | unsheathed | ||
| Antonyms | sheathed | ||
| 4. | bare lacking its natural or customary covering | ||
| Samples | A bare hill. Bare feet. | ||
| Similar | bald, denudate, denuded, naked, undraped, unroofed | ||
| Antonyms | covered | ||
| 5. | bare just barely adequate or within a lower limit | ||
| Samples | A bare majority. A marginal victory. | ||
| Synonyms | marginal | ||
| Similar | narrow | ||
| Antonyms | wide | ||
| 6. | bare apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | ||
| Samples | Only the bare facts. Shocked by the mere idea. The simple passage of time was enough. The simple truth. | ||
| Synonyms | mere, simple | ||
| Similar | plain | ||
| Antonyms | fancy | ||
| 7. | bare lacking a surface finish such as paint | ||
| Samples | Bare wood. Unfinished furniture. | ||
| Synonyms | unfinished | ||
| Similar | unpainted | ||
| Antonyms | painted | ||
| 8. | bare providing no shelter or sustenance | ||
| Samples | Bare rocky hills. Barren lands. The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes. The desolate surface of the moon. A stark landscape. | ||
| Synonyms | barren, bleak, desolate, stark | ||
| Similar | inhospitable | ||
| Antonyms | hospitable | ||
| 9. | bare having everything extraneous removed including contents | ||
| Samples | The bare walls. The cupboard was bare. | ||
| Synonyms | stripped | ||
| Similar | empty | ||
| Antonyms | full | ||
| 10. | bare lacking embellishment or ornamentation | ||
| Samples | A plain hair style. Unembellished white walls. Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete. | ||
| Synonyms | plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented | ||
| Similar | unadorned, undecorated | ||
| Antonyms | adorned, decorated | ||
English verb: bare | |||
| 1. | bare (contact) lay bare | ||
| Samples | Bare your breasts. Bare your feelings. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expose, uncover | ||
| 2. | bare (communication) make public | ||
| Samples | She aired her opinions on welfare. | ||
| Synonyms | air, publicise, publicize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air, beam, bring out, broadcast, broadcast, bulletin, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, hype, issue, pass around, propagate, publish, put out, release, send, spread, transmit | ||
| 3. | bare (change) lay bare | ||
| Samples | Denude a forest. | ||
| Examples | They bare the trees | ||
| Synonyms | denudate, denude, strip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clear | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burn off, defoliate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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