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
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of bare
- (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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