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| Bare |
[OE. bar,
bare, AS. bær; akin to D. *** G. baar, OHG.
par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav.
bos&ubreve] barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh s
to shine. |
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the
usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are
bare.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's
thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald;
meager.
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.
Threadbare; much worn.
Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as,
a bare majority.
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Surface;
body; substance.
That part of a roofing slate,
shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
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To strip
off the covering of] to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
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Bore; the old preterit of Bear,
v.
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