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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;
“A bare treasury.” as, a room
. bare
of furnitureDryden.
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;
“The bare necessaries of life.” as, a
. bare
majorityAddison.
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
.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare;
as, to
. bare
the breastBare
.Bore; the old preterit of
Bear
, Verb.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bare
BARE
,Adj.
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.
To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast.