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Definition bare
Etymology 1
From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?os-o-s, from *b?os- (“bare, barefoot”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch baar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).
Adjective
bare (comparative barer, superlative barest)
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having no supplies.
- Having no decoration.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- (MLE, Toronto, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- Threadbare, very worn.
Adverb
bare
- (Britain, slang) Very; significantly.
- Barely.
- Without a condom.
Noun
bare (plural bares)
- (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
- Surface; body; substance.
- (architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Etymology 2
From Middle English baren, from Old English barian, from Proto-Germanic *baz?n? (“to bare, make bare”).
Verb
bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared)
Etymology 3
Inflected forms.
Verb
bare
- (obsolete) simple past tense of bear
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