Bare

/bɛə/ · adjective

Meaning

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient..

Definitions by Sense

1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
2. Naked, uncovered.
3. Having no supplies.
4. Having no decoration.
5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
6. (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

Example Sentences

a bare majority

Nature indeed furnishes us with the bare necessaries of life, but traffic gives us a great variety of what is useful

"I refuse to show myself out of doors in my bare feet," the Centipede said. "I have to get my boots on again first."

a room bare of furniture

The cupboard was bare.

Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

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Word Forms

• barer
• barest
• bares
• baring
• bared

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