Meaning

11 senses
  1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

    a bare majority

    едва́ доста́точныйjedvá dostátočnyj

  2. Naked, uncovered.

    bar, nackt

    го́лыйgólyj

  3. Having no supplies.

    a room bare of furniture

    The cupboard was bare.

    having no clothes on the body

  4. Having no decoration.

    The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?

    пусто́йpustój, го́лыйgólyj

    not having a protective covering

  5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

    The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.

    having everything extraneous removed including contents

  6. (Multicultural London English, Yorkshire, not comparable, slang)A lot or lots of.

    It's taking bare time.

  7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.

  8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

  9. (figuratively)Mere; without embellishment.

    bare essentials; bare necessities

    lacking embellishment or ornamentation

  10. Threadbare, very worn.

  11. Not insured.

Examples

201 sentences
  1. She choked him with her bare hands.

    Вона задушила його голими руками.

    ruОна задушила его голыми руками.

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  2. Tom's feet were bare.

    Том був босоніж.

    ruНоги у Тома были босые.

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  3. The trees will soon be bare.

    ruСкоро оголятся деревья.

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  4. Tom only does the bare minimum.

    ruТом делает только самый минимум.

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  5. Tom bared his soul to Mary.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
minimal:
naked, uncovered:
having no decoration:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
naked, uncovered:

Origin

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).

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Forms

barer, barest
Comparativebarer Lesson
Superlativebarest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

62 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

93 antonyms

Word family

69 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • bare bare
  • bare bare hands
  • bare hands
  • were bare bare
  • the bare bare
  • your bare bare
  • my bare bare
  • his bare bare

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bare — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto