bare
//bɛə//
Forms
- Comparative
- barer
- Superlative
- barest
- Plural
- bares
Definitions
1.Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
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.Having no supplies.
4.Having no decoration.
- The walls of this room are bare, why not hang some paintings on them?
1.Very; significantly.(slang)
- That pissed me off bare.
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".
1.Surface; body; substance.
- You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
2.The surface, the (bare) skin.
- Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4028
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).