ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Barest

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Barest is an adjective meaning superlative form of bare: most bare.

Meaning

superlative form of bare: most bare.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of bare
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of bear

Example Sentences

In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include least, vaguest, merest, faintest, scantest, tiniest.

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