verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

lay bare

lay bare · lays bare · laid bare · laying bare

відкрити, відкривати, відчинити

обнажить, обнажать

öffnen, offen, aufmachen

To make bare; stripTo make bare; strip.

» He laid bare his secret feelings.

Meaning

2 senses

To make bare; strip.
(figuratively)To expose to view, reveal, uncover.
обнажатьobnažatʹ, обнажитьobnažitʹ

Examples

5 sentences

He laid bare his secret feelings.
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The investigation laid bare a corruption scandal.
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Their secret was laid bare.
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A shocking crime has been committed, and I think I have now laid bare every detail of it.
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Do you know Anne-Marie Delcambre, the French Islamologist who laid bare Muslim dogma?
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

reveal:

Forms

lays bare, laying bare, laid bare, laid bare

Base form	lay bare · to lay bare
3rd person singular	lays bare
Present participle	laying bare
Past simple	laid bare
Past participle	laid bare

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	lay bare
he, she, it	lays bare

Past simpleLesson

all persons

laid bare

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have laid bare
he, she, it	has laid bare

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will lay bare

Synonyms

4 synonyms

to make bare:crackB2 openA1 unseal

to expose to view:nake

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle