bare

• (s) completely unclothed
  • bare bodies
  • naked from the waist up
  • a nude model
  au naturel, naked, nude,
• (s) lacking in amplitude or quantity
  • a bare livelihood
  • a scanty harvest
  • a spare diet
  scanty, spare,
• (a) not having a protective covering
  • unsheathed cables
  • a bare blade
  unsheathed,
• (a) lacking its natural or customary covering
  • a bare hill
  • bare feet
• (s) just barely adequate or within a lower limit
  • a bare majority
  • a marginal victory
  marginal,
• (s) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
  • only the bare facts
  • shocked by the mere idea
  • the simple passage of time was enough
  • the simple truth
  mere, simple,
• (s) lacking a surface finish such as paint
  • bare wood
  • unfinished furniture
  unfinished,
• (s) providing no shelter or sustenance
  • bare rocky hills
  • barren lands
  • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
  • the desolate surface of the moon
  • a stark landscape
  barren, desolate, bleak, stark,
• (s) having everything extraneous removed including contents
  • the bare walls
  • the cupboard was bare
  stripped,
• (s) lacking embellishment or ornamentation
  • a plain hair style
  • unembellished white walls
  • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
  unembellished, unornamented, plain, spare,

Verbs

• (v) lay bare
  • bare your breasts
  • bare your feelings
• (v) make public
  • She aired her opinions on welfare
  publicize, publicise, air,
• (v) lay bare
  • denude a forest
  denudate, denude, strip,

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