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bare

adjective verb

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

Quick reference

Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
B
Ends with
E
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    “a plain hair style”

adjective

  1. lacking in magnitude or quantity

    “a bare livelihood”

adjective

  1. having no clothes on the body

    “bare bodies”

adjective

  1. having everything extraneous removed including contents

    “the bare walls”

adjective

  1. providing no shelter or sustenance

    “bare rocky hills”

adjective

  1. lacking its natural or customary covering

    “a bare hill”

adjective

  1. lacking a surface finish such as paint

    “bare wood”

adjective

  1. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

    “only the bare facts”

adjective

  1. not having a protective covering

    “unsheathed cables”

adjective

  1. just barely adequate or within a lower limit

    “a bare majority”

verb

  1. lay bare

    “denude a forest”

verb

  1. make public

    “She aired her opinions on welfare”

verb

  1. expose to view

    “bare your breasts”

In context

Example Sentences

a plain hair style
unembellished white walls
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
a bare livelihood
a scanty harvest
a spare diet
bare bodies
naked from the waist up
a nude model
the bare walls
the cupboard was bare
bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape
a bare hill
bare feet
bare wood
unfinished furniture
only the bare facts
shocked by the mere idea
the simple passage of time was enough
the simple truth
unsheathed cables
a bare blade
a bare majority
a marginal victory
denude a forest
She aired her opinions on welfare
bare your breasts
bare your feelings

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