BARE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bare in English bareadjective uk /beər/ us /ber/

bare adjective (NO CLOTHES)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 without any clothes or not covered by anything: Don't walk around outside in your bare feet. There's no carpet in the room, just bare floorboards. See also barefoot

• She beat the flames out with her bare hands.
• The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.
• The walls look a bit bare - can't we put some pictures up?
• During the summer months, the sheep strip the mountains bare.
• A glimpse of his bare torso set my pulse racing.

Not wearing or removing clothes

• altogether
• au naturel
• bare naked idiom
• bare-chested
• barefoot
• commando
• fling
• immodest
• immodestly
• immodesty
• in shirtsleeves idiom
• in your birthday suit idiom
• shirtsleeve
• shuck
• shuck something off phrasal verb
• slip
• slip out of something phrasal verb
• streaker
• undress
• undressed

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bare adjective (BASIC)

C2 only the most basic or important: I just packed the bare essentials (= the most basic and necessary things). There isn't much time, so I'll just give you the bare facts/details.  the bare minimum (also a bare minimum) the least possible amount: She eats only the bare minimum to stay alive. See more  (the) bare necessities the most basic things that you need in order to live or to do something: We have packed the bare necessities in case we need to leave in a hurry. See more Crude and basic

• 101
• at bottom idiom
• backward
• backwardly
• backwardness
• homespun
• inelegant
• inelegantly
• low-tech
• Mickey Mouse
• primordially
• rough and ready idiom
• roughly
• roughness
• rudely
• simplex
• skeletally
• stone-age
• ultrabasic
• vanilla

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bare adjective (EMPTY)

C2 literary If a cupboard or room is bare, there is nothing in it. Empty

• barrenly
• barrenness
• blank
• clear view
• cleared
• dead
• deserted
• emptiness
• empty
• flat
• forlorn
• hollow
• lifeless
• low-traffic
• nothingness
• uninhabited
• unobstructed
• unoccupied
• untenanted
• vacant

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Idiom

with your bare hands bareverb [ T ] uk /beər/ us /ber/ to take away the thing that is covering something so that it can be seen: The men bared their heads (= took their hats off as a sign of respect) as they entered the church. He became nervous when the dog growled and bared its teeth at him (= showed its teeth to him). Not wearing or removing clothes

• altogether
• au naturel
• bare naked idiom
• bare-chested
• barefoot
• commando
• fling
• immodest
• immodestly
• immodesty
• in shirtsleeves idiom
• in your birthday suit idiom
• shirtsleeve
• shuck
• shuck something off phrasal verb
• slip
• slip out of something phrasal verb
• streaker
• undress
• undressed

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Idiom

bare your heart/soul bareadverb, determiner uk /beər/ us /ber/ UK slang very: The questions are bare difficult. UK slang a lot; very much: It's bare raining. UK slang a large number or amount of; a lot of: There were bare people waiting to get in. Linguistics: intensifying expressions

• annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of someone idiom
• anything
• as... as anything idiom
• at least idiom
• be as crazy, rich, etc. as they come idiom
• bone
• burn
• come
• end
• load
• long
• mile
• nth
• ole
• on steroids idiom
• pants
• pestilential
• price
• pure
• to the bone idiom

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bare naked (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bare | American Dictionary

bareadjective [ -er/-est only ] us/beər/ Add to word list Add to word list without any clothes or not covered by anything: The hot sand burned my bare feet. Inside, the floors were bare and there was very little furniture. Bare also means the least possible or only this much of something: They had nothing beyond the bare necessities (of life) (= the most basic things you need). bareverb [ T ] us/ber, bær/ to show something that is usually covered: The dog bared its teeth and growled. (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

bare | Business English

bareadjective uk /beər/  go bare Add to word list Add to word list INSURANCE   US informal be without insurance: Thousands of doctors have chosen to drop their professional liability insurance and go bare. (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of bare?

Translations of bare

in Chinese (Traditional) 赤裸, 赤裸的, 裸體的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 赤裸, 赤裸的, 裸体的… See more in Spanish desnudo, sin cubrir, sin alfombrar… See more in Portuguese desnudo, desguarnecido, nu… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian अनवाणी, उघडेबोडके, फक्त… See more 裸の, むき出しの, ～をむき出しにする… See more çıplak, açık, çorak… See more nu/nue, vide, élémentaire… See more nu, despullar, mostrar… See more bloot, leeg, kaal… See more எந்த ஆடைகளும் இல்லாமல் அல்லது எதையும் மூடிமறைக்காமல், மிக அடிப்படையான அல்லது முக்கியமானவை மட்டுமே, அலமாரியோ… See more खाली, बिना आवरण के या किसी चीज़ से ढके हुए, केवल मूलभूत या बेहद महत्वपूर्ण… See more ખાલી, કવર વિના અથવા કોઈપણ વસ્તુથી ઢંકાયેલું, માત્ર અતિ આવશ્યક… See more nøgen, bar, tom… See more bar, naken, kal… See more terdedah, kosong, gondol… See more bloß, leer, kahl… See more bar, naken, tom… See more کھلا, ننگا, بغیر ڈھکا… See more оголений, голий, порожній… See more బట్టలు లేద్కునా లేదా ఆచ్చాదన లేకుండా, అత్యంత ప్రాథమిక లేక ముఖ్యమైనది మాత్రమే, అల్మారా లేక గది ఖాళీగా ఉంటే… See more অনাবৃত, নগ্ন, ঢাকা নয়… See more nahý, holý, prázdný… See more telanjang, kosong, meranggas… See more เปลือยเปล่า, โล่ง, ไม่มีใบ… See more trần truồng, trống không, trơ trụi… See more nagi, bosy, goły… See more 맨-(아무 것도 걸치지 않은), 맨-(아무 것도 덮히지 않은), 신체의 일부를 드러내다… See more nudo, spoglio, disadorno… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of bare

• go bare
• bare-bones
• bare-chested
• bare-knuckle
• bare trustee
• bare infinitive
• the bare bones

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• bare naked idiom
• lay bare something idiom
• bare your heart/soul idiom
• (the) bare necessities phrase
• the bare minimum phrase
• the cupboard is bare idiom
• with your bare hands idiom

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• English   
  • Adjective 
    • bare (NO CLOTHES)
    • bare (BASIC)
    • the bare minimum
    • (the) bare necessities
    • bare (EMPTY)
  VerbAdverb, determiner
• American   AdjectiveVerb
• Business   
  • Adjective 
    • go bare

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