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bare

//bɛə//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for bare

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
barer
Superlative
barest

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
bares

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

  2. 2.Naked, uncovered.

    • "I refuse to show myself out of doors in my bare feet," the Centipede said. "I have to get my boots on again first."
  3. 3.Having no supplies.

  4. 4.Having no decoration.

    • The walls of this room are bare, why not hang some paintings on them?

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.Very; significantly.(slang)

    • That pissed me off bare.
  2. 2.Without a condom.(slang)

    • It would be fine to have these women bare, without condoms.
    • I like to go bare. I don't like wearing condoms, actually I hate 'em.
    • While none of the participants had complete confidence in condoms, they continued to use them as a better alternative than “going in bare".

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Surface; body; substance.

    • You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
  2. 2.The surface, the (bare) skin.

    • Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.

Frequency

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Rare· #4028

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Academic
Rare
Literature
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Etymology

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).

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