bare
bare is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.With head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.
- 2.Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton.
- 3.Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. "Uttering bare truth." Shak.
- 4.Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." Dryden.
- 5.Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.
- 6.Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. "The bare necessaries of life." Addison. Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. South. Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.
- 7.Surface; body; substance. [R.] You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston.
- 8.(Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
- 9.To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
- 10.Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- against
- all
- altogether
- analogy
- any
- approximation
- aquila
- are
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- back
- bad
- bald
- bareback
- barebacked
- barefoot
- bareness
- belief
- birthday
- bizarre
- blue
- buff
- callow
- cast
- chance
- conceit
- condition
- conjecture
- contrary
- coot
- cover
- dark
- data
- decorticate
- decortication
- denudation
- denude
- depilation
- desquamation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is bare.
- What is with head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert called?
- What is without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton called?
- What is plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. "Uttering bare truth." Shak called?
- What is destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." Dryden called?
- What is threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak called?
- What is surface; body; substance. [R.] You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston called?
- What is that part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather called?
- What is to strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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