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Definition bare in British English

bare adjective

adjective
/beə(r)/
1

a part of your body that is bare is not covered by any clothes. When someone is not wearing any clothes at all, they are naked or nude

Example

She wore a low-necked dress and her arms were bare.

Example

It's better to do yoga in bare feet.

Example

a group of bare-chested youths

Synonyms and related words
naked bare nude
1.1

bare walls, surfaces etc have no covering or decoration

Example

a room with peeling wallpaper and bare floorboards

Example

a bare light bulb

Synonyms and related words
bare naked exposed plain simple functional
1.2

bare trees or areas of land have nothing growing on them

Example

bare rock

Example

the tree's bare branches

Synonyms and related words
barren arid wild algal androgynous aquatic
2

containing nothing

Example

The room was cold and bare.

Example

Panic buying has stripped the stores bare.

Example

The little house was almost completely bare of furniture.

Synonyms and related words
empty blank bare
3

basic, with nothing extra

Example

Readers want more than just the bare facts.

Example

Some families don't even have enough money for the bare essentials like food and clothing.

Example

They only had the bare minimum of equipment.

Synonyms and related words
basic fundamental natural
4

used for emphasizing how small an amount is

Example

Our profit margin is a bare 1%.

Synonyms and related words
little few slight
5

a lot of

Example

We had bare laughs last night.

Synonyms and related words
substantial considerable extensive
6

to have nothing on your feet; to be barefoot

Example

I ended up wearing bare feet for the entire walk over the rocks as I got the best grip that way.

Example

Wear comfortable clothes and bare feet if you can.

7

a lot of

Example

I got bare scratches all down my arm.

Definition bare in British English