bare
adjective
[ bɛː ]
• (of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered.
• "he was bare from the waist up"
Similar:
naked,
unclothed,
undressed,
uncovered,
stripped,
with nothing on,
in a state of nature,
disrobed,
unclad,
undraped,
exposed,
nude,
in the nude,
stark naked,
au naturel,
without a stitch on,
in one's birthday suit,
in the raw,
in the altogether,
in the buff,
in the nuddy,
mother naked,
starkers,
in the scud,
scuddy,
bare-assed,
buck naked,
bollocky,
bollock-naked,
• without addition; basic and simple.
• "he outlined the bare essentials of the story"
Similar:
straightforward,
plain,
simple,
basic,
pure,
essential,
bare-bones,
fundamental,
stripped down,
cut down,
stark,
bald,
cold,
hard,
truthful,
realistic,
true to life,
brutal,
harsh,
explicit,
unequivocal,
unambiguous,
unexaggerated,
unadorned,
unembellished,
undisguised,
unveiled,
unvarnished,
unqualified,
warts and all,
bare
verb
• uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view.
• "he bared his chest to show his scar"
Similar:
uncover,
strip,
lay bare,
undress,
unclothe,
denude,
unveil,
unmask,
expose,
expose to view,
reveal,
display,
put on display,
put on show,
exhibit,
bare
determiner
• a large amount or number of.
• "my birthday's on the 22nd—I'm gonna get bare cash"
bare
adverb
• very; really (used as an intensifier).
• "you are bare lazy"
Origin:
Old English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar .
