| bare 1 (bâr) adj. bar·er, bar·est 1. Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked: a bare arm. 2. Exposed to view; undisguised: bare fangs. 3. Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration: bare walls. 4. Having no addition, adornment, or qualification: the bare facts. See Synonyms at empty. 5. Just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities. 6. Obsolete Bareheaded. tr.v. bared, bar·ing, bares 1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. 2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth. [Middle English bar, from Old English bær; see bhoso- in Indo-European roots.] bare  ness n. |
| bare 2 (bâr) v. Archaic A past tense of bear1. |
bare1
adj
1. unclothed; exposed: used esp of a part of the body
2. without the natural, conventional, or usual covering or clothing a bare tree
3. lacking appropriate furnishings, etc. a bare room
4. unembellished; simple the bare facts
5. (prenomial) just sufficient; mere he earned the bare minimum
with one's bare hands without a weapon or tool
vb
(tr) to make bare; uncover; reveal
[Old English bær; compare Old Norse berr, Old High German bar naked, Old Slavonic bosǔ barefoot]
bareness n
bare2
vb
Archaic a past tense of bear1
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | bare - lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" |
| 2. | bare - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" hype - publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner bulletin - make public by bulletin issue, publish, bring out, release, put out - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" | |
| 3. | bare - lay bare; "denude a forest" clear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" defoliate - strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides" burn off - clear land of its vegetation by burning it off | |
| Adj. | 1. |  bare - completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"unclothed - not wearing clothing |
| 2. | bare - lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" | |
| 3. |  bare - not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade" | |
| 4. | bare - lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" | |
| 5. | bare - just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" narrow - very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" | |
| 6. | bare - apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" | |
| 7. |  bare - lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"unpainted - not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat; "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture" | |
| 8. | bare - providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" | |
| 9. | bare - having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare" empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" | |
| 10. |  bare - lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"unadorned, undecorated - not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction |
bare
adjective
1. naked, nude, stripped, exposed, uncovered, shorn, undressed, divested, denuded, in the raw (informal), disrobed, unclothed, buck naked (slang), unclad, scuddy (slang), without a stitch on (informal), in the bare scud (slang), naked as the day you were born (informal) She seemed unaware that she was bare.
naked covered, dressed, clothed, clad, attired
naked covered, dressed, clothed, clad, attired
2. simple, basic, stripped, severe, plain, spare, stark, austere, spartan, unadorned, unfussy, unvarnished, unembellished, unornamented, unpatterned bare wooden floors
simple adorned
simple adorned
3. empty, wanting, mean, lacking, deserted, vacant, void, scarce, barren, uninhabited, unoccupied, scanty, unfurnished a bare, draughty interviewing room
empty full, abundant, plentiful, well-stocked, profuse
empty full, abundant, plentiful, well-stocked, profuse
4. desolate, dry, waste, empty, desert, unproductive, unfruitful a bare landscape
Translations
bare [bɛəʳ]
A. ADJ (barer (compar) (barest (superl)))
1. (= uncovered) [body, skin, shoulders, person] → desnudo; [head] → descubierto; [feet] → descalzo; [landscape] → pelado; [tree] → sin hojas; [ground] → árido, sin vegetación; [floorboards] → sin alfombrar (Elec) [wire] → pelado, sin protección
bare to the waist → desnudo hasta la cintura
to sleep on bare boards → dormir en una tabla
in one's bare feet → descalzo
he put his bare hand in the flame → puso la mano directamente en la llama
he killed the lion with his bare hands → mató al león sólo con las manos or sin armas
to lay sth bare [+ flaw, mistake] → poner algo de manifiesto; [+ intentions, plans] → poner algo al descubierto
to lay bare one's heart to sb → abrir el corazón a algn
to lay bare a secret → revelar un secreto
bare of sth → desprovisto de algo
bare patch (on lawn, carpet) → calva f
bare to the waist → desnudo hasta la cintura
to sleep on bare boards → dormir en una tabla
in one's bare feet → descalzo
he put his bare hand in the flame → puso la mano directamente en la llama
he killed the lion with his bare hands → mató al león sólo con las manos or sin armas
to lay sth bare [+ flaw, mistake] → poner algo de manifiesto; [+ intentions, plans] → poner algo al descubierto
to lay bare one's heart to sb → abrir el corazón a algn
to lay bare a secret → revelar un secreto
bare of sth → desprovisto de algo
bare patch (on lawn, carpet) → calva f
2. (= empty, unadorned) [room] → sin muebles; [wall] → desnudo; [statement] → escueto
the food cupboard was bare → la despensa estaba vacía
they only told us the bare facts → se limitaron a contarnos estrictamente los hechos
the food cupboard was bare → la despensa estaba vacía
they only told us the bare facts → se limitaron a contarnos estrictamente los hechos
3. (= meagre) [majority] → escaso
the bare bones (fig) → lo esencial
to strip sth down to the bare bones → reducir algo a lo esencial
the bare essentials or necessities → lo estrictamente indispensable
to earn a bare living → ganar lo justo para vivir
the bare minimum → lo justo, lo indispensable
the bare bones (fig) → lo esencial
to strip sth down to the bare bones → reducir algo a lo esencial
the bare essentials or necessities → lo estrictamente indispensable
to earn a bare living → ganar lo justo para vivir
the bare minimum → lo justo, lo indispensable
B. VT [+ body] → desnudar; [+ wire] → pelar; [+ sword] → desenvainar
to bare one's head → descubrirse
to bare one's soul to sb → abrir el corazón a algn
the dog bared its teeth → el perro enseñó or mostró los dientes
to bare one's head → descubrirse
to bare one's soul to sb → abrir el corazón a algn
the dog bared its teeth → el perro enseñó or mostró los dientes
bare [ˈbɛər]
adj
(= naked, without clothes) [person, body] → nu(e); [legs, feet, chest, head] → nu(e)
Her feet were bare
BUT Elle était pieds nus.
His head was bare
BUT Il était tête nue.
with one's bare hands → à mains nues
Her feet were bare
BUT Elle était pieds nus.
His head was bare
BUT Il était tête nue.
with one's bare hands → à mains nues
(= exposed) [rock, floor, wall, surface] → nu(e)
to lay sth bare (= expose) [+ fact, truth, scheme] → mettre qch à nu
see also bone
to lay sth bare (= expose) [+ fact, truth, scheme] → mettre qch à nu
see also bone
bare
bare:
adj (+er)
(= naked, uncovered) skin, boards, floor → nackt, bloß; summit, tree, countryside → kahl, nackt; earth, rock → nackt; room, garden → leer; sword → blank; wire → blank; style → nüchtern; he stood there bare to the waist → er stand mit nacktem Oberkörper da; bare patch → kahle Stelle; to sleep on bare boards → auf blanken Brettern schlafen; to lay bare one’s heart → sein Innerstes bloßlegen; the bare facts → die nackten Tatsachen; the bare fact that he … → allein die Tatsache, dass er …; with his bare hands → mit bloßen Händen; she told him the bare bones of the story → sie erzählte ihm die Geschichte in groben Zügen
(= scanty, mere) → knapp; a bare majority → eine knappe Mehrheit; a bare subsistence wage → gerade das Existenzminimum; a bare ten centimetres (Brit) or centimeters (US) → knappe or kaum zehn Zentimeter; with just the barest hint of garlic → nur mit einer winzigen Spur Knoblauch; the bare minimum → das absolute Minimum
vt breast, leg → entblößen; (at doctor’s) → frei machen; teeth (in anger) → fletschen; end of a wire → freilegen; she bared her teeth in a forced smile → sie grinste gezwungen; to bare one’s head → den Hut etc ziehen, das Haupt entblößen (liter); to bare one’s soul → seine Seele entblößen; to bare one’s heart to somebody → jdm sein Herz ausschütten
bare:
bareback
barefaced
adj (fig: = shameless) liar → unverfroren, unverschämt, schamlos; cheek → unverschämt; it is bare robbery → das ist der reine Wucher (inf)
bareheaded
adj → barhäuptig (geh), → ohne Kopfbedeckung
adv → ohne Kopfbedeckung, barhaupt (geh)
bare [bɛəʳ]
bare [bɛəʳ]
1. adj
a. (gen) → nudo/a; (arms, legs) → nudo/a, scoperto/a; (head) → scoperto/a; (landscape) → spoglio/a, brullo/a; (ground, tree, room) → nudo/a, spoglio/a; (cupboard) → vuoto/a (Elec) (wire) → scoperto/a
there's a bare patch on the carpet → c'è un pezzo spelacchiato nella moquette
with his bare hands → a mani nude
the bare facts → i fatti nudi e crudi
to lay bare (fig) → mettere a nudo, svelare
there's a bare patch on the carpet → c'è un pezzo spelacchiato nella moquette
with his bare hands → a mani nude
the bare facts → i fatti nudi e crudi
to lay bare (fig) → mettere a nudo, svelare
b. (meagre, majority) → risicato/a
to strip sth down to the bare essentials (structure, narrative) → ridurre qc all'essenziale
the bare necessities → lo stretto necessario
to earn a bare living → guadagnare appena da vivere
to strip sth down to the bare essentials (structure, narrative) → ridurre qc all'essenziale
the bare necessities → lo stretto necessario
to earn a bare living → guadagnare appena da vivere
2. vt → scoprire, denudare; (teeth) → mostrare
to bare one's heart (fig) → mettere a nudo il proprio animo
to bare one's heart (fig) → mettere a nudo il proprio animo
bare [bɛəʳ]
1. adj
a. (gen) → nudo/a; (arms, legs) → nudo/a, scoperto/a; (head) → scoperto/a; (landscape) → spoglio/a, brullo/a; (ground, tree, room) → nudo/a, spoglio/a; (cupboard) → vuoto/a (Elec) (wire) → scoperto/a
there's a bare patch on the carpet → c'è un pezzo spelacchiato nella moquette
with his bare hands → a mani nude
the bare facts → i fatti nudi e crudi
to lay bare (fig) → mettere a nudo, svelare
there's a bare patch on the carpet → c'è un pezzo spelacchiato nella moquette
with his bare hands → a mani nude
the bare facts → i fatti nudi e crudi
to lay bare (fig) → mettere a nudo, svelare
b. (meagre, majority) → risicato/a
to strip sth down to the bare essentials (structure, narrative) → ridurre qc all'essenziale
the bare necessities → lo stretto necessario
to earn a bare living → guadagnare appena da vivere
to strip sth down to the bare essentials (structure, narrative) → ridurre qc all'essenziale
the bare necessities → lo stretto necessario
to earn a bare living → guadagnare appena da vivere
2. vt → scoprire, denudare; (teeth) → mostrare
to bare one's heart (fig) → mettere a nudo il proprio animo
to bare one's heart (fig) → mettere a nudo il proprio animo
adj bare [beə]
1 uncovered or naked bare skin; bare floors. kaal عارٍ ، بِدون ألبِسه гол nahý, holý nøgen; bar bloß γυμνός, ακάλυπτος desnudo, descubierto paljas لخت؛ برهنه paljas nu חָשׂוּף, עָרוֹם अनावृत gol meztelen telanjang ber, nakinn nudo 裸の 나체의 nuogas, plikas kails; neapsegts terdedah bloot bar, naken goły, nagi nu gol, neacoperit голый nahý, holý gol go bar, naken, kal เปลือยเปล่า çıplak 無遮蔽的，赤裸的 оголений; голий ننگا ، برہنہ trần truồng 裸的
2 empty bare shelves. kaal, leeg فارِغ، خاوٍ празен prázdný tom, nøgen leer άδειος vacío tühi خالی tyhjä vide רֵיק खाली prazan üres kosong auður, tómur vuoto からの 텅 빈 tuščias tukšs kosong leeg tom, øde pusty vazio gol пустой prázdny prazen prazan tom โล่ง boş, bomboş 空的 порожній خالی trống không 空的
3 of trees etc, without leaves. kaal مُجَرَّد، بِدون أوراق без листа holý nøgen kahl που δεν έχει φύλλα (για δέντρα) desnudo, pelado raagus, lehtedeta بی برگ lehdetön dénudé עָרוֹם מְעָלִים,בַּשָׁלֶכֶת खाली ogoljen csupasz meranggas, gundul gróðurlaus, laufvana spoglio 葉のない 잎이 다 떨어진 nuogas, be lapų kails; bez lapām gondol kaal naken, uten løv/nåler ogołocony despido desfrunzit голый holý gol ogoljen kal ไม่มีใบ yapraksız, çıplak 光禿的 голий بغیر پتوں کے درخت trơ trụi 光秃的
4 worn thin The carpet is a bit bare. dun مُهْتَرئ изтъркан odřený slidt dünn τριμμένος, φθαρμένος desgastado, usado kulunud کهنه؛ نخ نما ohueksi kulunut usé שָׁחוּק घिस जाना istanjen kopott aus snjáður, slitinn consumato, logoro すり切れた 닳아 해진 prasitrynęs apvalkāts; nodilis nipis kaal (lo)slitt przetarty gasto ros, tocit потёртый zodratý obrabljen luggsliten เก่าจนเสื่อม havı dökülmüş 磨薄的，磨損的 витертий, вичовганий پتلا ، مہین mòn 磨薄的，磨损的
5 basic; essential the bare necessities of life. allernodigste أساسي، ضَروري основем základní basal; grundlæggende bloß στοιχειώδης básico, esencial põhi- ابتدایی؛ ضروری perus- essentiel בְּסִיסִי मात्र puki puszta pokok nauðsynlegur semplice, minimo かろうじての 기본적인 pagrindinis minimāls hidup besahaja essentieel grunnleggende, nødvendig podstawowy básico esenţial, de bază насущный základný osnoven osnovni grundläggande พื้นฐาน temel, en gerekli 基本的 мізерний بنیادی ، ضروری tối thiểu 基本的
v
to uncover The dog bared its teeth in anger. tande gewys يَكْشِف عَن، يَحْسِر оголвам odhalit, odkrýt afsløre; blotlægge; vise tænder entblößen (ξε)γυμνώνω, φανερώνω mostrar, descubrir paljastama آشکار کردن؛ نشان دادن paljastaa montrer לַחשוֹף अनावृत करना iskeziti kitakar memperlihatkan sÿna, bera, afhjúpa mostrare, scoprire むき出しにする 드러내다 apnuoginti atsegt; atklāt menyeringaikan giginya ontbloten blotte, legge bar obnażyć mostrar a scoate la iveală оголять odhaliť; vyceriť pokazati iskeziti blotta เผยให้เห็น üstünü açmak, örtüsünü çıkarmak 裸露 вишкірити نمایاں کرنا bóc trần; để lộ 露出
adv barely
scarcely or only just We have barely enough food. skaars بِالكاد، بالجُهْد едва sotva knap; knap nok kaum μόλις (και μετά βίας) apenas hädavaevalt ناچیز؛ به سختی juuri ja juuri tout juste בְּקוֹשִׁי मुश्किल से jedva alig hampir tidak naumlega a mala pena かろうじて 겨우 tik, vos tik tikko secukupnya amper bare så vidt, akkurat, så vidt nok ledwie mal numai, doar едва sotva, tak-tak komaj jedva nätt och jämnt เกือบไม่พอ ancak, zar zor 勉強 тільки; ледве محض ، بمشکل vừa vặn 勉强
n bareness
naaktheid عُرْي голота holost; nahota nøgenhed die Nacktheit γύμνια desnudez alastus عریانی؛ لختی alastomuus nudité עֵירוֹם नंगापन golotinja, nagost meztelenség, csupaszság ketelanjangan klæðleysi; nekt; gróðurleysi; íburðarleysi nudità 裸 나체, 숨김 없음 plikumas, nuogumas kailums terdedah blootheid, kaalheid nakenhet nagość nudez goliciune нагота nahota golota ogoljenost ödslighet, tomhet ความว่างเปล่า çıplaklık 赤裸 бідність, убогість عریانی sự trơ trụi 赤裸
adver / adj bareback
without a saddle I enjoy riding bareback. bloots غَيْر مُسْرَج، عاري الظَّهْر без седло bez sedla uden saddel ungesattelt χωρίς σέλα a pelo sadulata بدون زین satulatta à nu לְלֹא אוּכַּף बिना जीन कसे घोड़े पर bez sedla szőrén tanpa pelana berbakt senza sella, a pelo 裸馬で 안장 없는 be balno neapseglots (par zirgu) tanpa pelana zonder zadel uten sal na oklep sem sela fără şa без седла bez sedla brez sedla bez sedla barbacka หลังม้าที่ไม่มีอาน eyersiz 無馬鞍地(的) без сідла, неосідланий ننگی پیٹھ (گھوڑے کی) không có yên 无马鞍（地）的
adj barefaced
openly impudent a barefaced lie. onbeskaamd عَديم الحَياء، صَفيقُ الوَجْه безсрамен nestoudný, nezakrytý åbenlys; skamløs unverschämt κατάφωρος descarado häbitu بی شرم؛ وقیح röyhkeä impudent חָצוּף निर्लज्ज bezočan arcátlan terang-terangan, tak tahu malu óskammfeilinn sfacciato 厚かましい 공공연한 begėdiškas, įžūlus nekaunīgs tidak tahu malu schaamteloos skamløs; grepet på fersk gjerning bezczelny descarado neruşinat наглый bezočivý nesramen bezočan oblyg, skamlös, fräck ซึ่ง ๆ หน้า yüzsüz, arsız 公然的，厚顏無恥的 безсоромний ڈھیٹ ، بےشرم trơ tráo 露骨的
adj / adv barefoot(ed)
not wearing shoes or socks etc The children go barefoot on the beach. kaalvoet حافي القَدَميْن бос bosý barfodet barfuß ξυπόλυτος descalzo paljajalu پابرهنه paljain jaloin nu-pieds יָחֶף खाली पांव bosonog, bosonogo mezítláb telanjang kaki, tanpa sepatu atau sandal berfættur scalzo はだしの 맨발의 basas baskājains; ar basām kājām kaki ayam blootsvoets barbeint bosy, boso descalço desculţ босой; босиком bosý bos bos barfota เท้าเปล่า yalın ayak, çıplak ayaklı/ayakla 赤腳的 босоногий, босоніж ننگے پاؤں chân trần 赤脚的
adj / adv bareˈheaded
not wearing a hat etc. kaalkop, blootshoof مَكْشوف الرأس гологлав s nepokrytou hlavou; prostovlasý barhovedet barhäuptig ξεσκούφωτος con la cabeza descubierta, sin sombrero paljapäi بی کلاه paljain päin nu-tête גְלוּי רֹאש खाली सिर gologlav, gologlavo fedetlen fejű tanpa tutup kepala berhöfða a capo scoperto 帽子なしの 맨머리의 vienplaukis ar kailu galvu tidak bertopi blootshoofds barhodet z odkrytą głową em cabelo cu capul gol с непокрытой головой prostovlasý gologlav gologlav barhuvad ไม่ใส่หมวก başı açık, şapkasız 沒戴帽的(地) з непокритою головою ننگے سر đầu trần 光着头
bare → مُجرد, يَكْشِف عن nahý, odhalit bar, blotte entblößen, entblößt γυμνός, γυμνώνω descubrirse, pelado paljas, paljastaa dénuder, nu gol, ogoliti nudo, scoprire むき出しにする, むき出しの 가리지 않은, 드러내다 naakt, ontbloten bar, blottlegge nagi, obnażyć despido, despir голый, обнажать bar, blotta เปลือยเปล่า, ทำให้โล่ง เปิดเผยออกมา açığa çıkarmak, çıplak cởi bỏ, trần 赤裸的, 露出
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