bare

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /bɛɚ/ UK /bɛə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

bear /bɛɚ/

Freq #5068

Meanings

1

adj
Not covered by clothes; naked.

She walked across the cold floor with bare feet.
2

adj
Not covered by its usual covering, such as leaves, plants, or decoration.

The trees were bare by the end of autumn.
3

adj
Empty; with nothing extra added.

The new apartment had bare walls and no furniture.
4

adj
Only just enough; the smallest possible amount.

They won by a bare majority of two votes.
5

verb
To uncover something and show it.

The dog bared its teeth and growled.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not covered by clothes; naked. naked nude

3 adj · empty; with nothing extra... stripped

4 adj · only just enough; the... mere minimal

5 verb · to uncover something and... reveal uncover

Opposites

cover hide

Word family

Forms baredbarerbaresbarestbaring

Derived forms bare-arsebare-assedbare-backedbare-belliedbare-bonedbare-bonesbare-boobedbare-bottomedbare-breastedbare-bumbare-buttbare-chested

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Phrases (4)

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bare legs
legs that are uncovered and not clothed

Adjective + noun
bare wall
a wall with nothing hung or placed against it

Adjective + noun
bare rock
exposed rock with no soil or vegetation covering it

Adjective + noun
bare tree
a tree that has lost all its leaves

Adjective + noun

Tongue twisters (1)

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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”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

bare Middle English bær Old English *baʀ frk *bazaz Proto-Germanic *bʰosós Proto-Indo-European

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# bare

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /bɛɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /bɛə/
**Frequency rank:** 5068

## Meanings
1. Not covered by clothes; naked.
2. Not covered by its usual covering, such as leaves, plants, or decoration.
3. Empty; with nothing extra added.
4. Only just enough; the smallest possible amount.
5. To uncover something and show it.

## Examples
- She walked across the cold floor with bare feet.
- The trees were bare by the end of autumn.
- The new apartment had bare walls and no furniture.
- They won by a bare majority of two votes.
- The dog bared its teeth and growled.

## Antonyms
- cover
- hide

## Derived Forms
- bare-arse
- bare-assed
- bare-backed
- bare-bellied
- bare-boned
- bare-bones
- bare-boobed
- bare-bottomed
- bare-breasted
- bare-bum
- bare-butt
- bare-chested

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bare
- Root: bær
- Root: *baʀ
- Root: *bazaz
- Root: *bʰosós

## 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”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

## AI Etymology
Bare comes 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”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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