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Bare

adjective
barer, barest

  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.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition. Copyright © 1991 by Columbia University Press.

Bare

verb, transitive
bared, baring, bares
  1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. See Synonyms at strip(1).
  2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.
[Middle English bar, from Old English bær.]
- bare›ness noun

bare2

verb

Archaic.
A past tense of bear1.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition. Copyright © 1991 by Columbia University Press.

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