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Webster 1913 Edition

Bare

Bare

(bâr)
,
Adj.
[OE.
bar
,
bare
, AS.
bær
; akin to D. & G.
baar
, OHG.
par
, Icel.
berr
, Sw. & Dan.
bar
, Oslav.
bosŭ
barefoot, Lith.
basas
; cf. Skr.
bhās
to shine. √85.]
1.
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked;
as, his body is
bare
; the trees are
bare
.
2.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
When once thy foot enters the church, be
bare
.
Herbert.
3.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one’s thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare
in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !
Milton.
4.
Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
“Uttering bare truth.”
Shak.
5.
Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; – used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away;
as, a room
bare
of furniture
.
“A bare treasury.”
Dryden.
6.
Threadbare; much worn.
It appears by their
bare
liveries that they live by your bare words.
Shakespeare
7.
Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else;
as, a
bare
majority
.
“The bare necessaries of life.”
Addison.
Nor are men prevailed upon by
bare
words.
South.
Under bare poles
(Naut.)
,
having no sail set.

Bare

,
Noun.
1.
Surface; body; substance.
[R.]
You have touched the very
bare
of naked truth.
Marston.
2.
(Arch.)
That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Bare

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bared
(bârd);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Baring
.]
[AS.
barian
. See
Bare
,
Adj.
]
To strip off the covering of; to make bare;
as, to
bare
the breast
.

Bare

.
Bore; the old preterit of
Bear
,
Verb.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bare

BARE

,
Adj.
[This word is from opening, separating, stripping.]
1.
Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare.
2.
With the head uncovered, from respect.
3.
Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners.
4.
Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed.
5.
Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished.
I have made Esau bare. Jer.xlix.
6.
Alone; unaccompanied.
7.
Thread-bare; much worn.
8.
Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments.
Under bare poles, at sea, signifies having no sail set.
It is often followed by of; as, the country is bare of money.

BARE

,
Verb.
T.
[See Bare, adj.]
To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast.

BARE

, the old preterit of bear, now bore.

Definition 2024

Bäre

Bäre

See also: bare, Baré, bāre, bārē, barē, and båre

German

Noun

Bäre

  1. plural of Bär

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