
bare
adj 1: denuded of leaves; "the bare branches of winter"
2: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist
up"; "a nude model" [syn: {au naturel(p)}, {naked}, {nude}]
3: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {scanty},
{spare}]
4: without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the
lawn"; "bare hills" [syn: {bald}, {denuded}, {denudate}]
5: not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a
bare blade" [syn: {unsheathed}] [ant: {sheathed}]
6: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare
majority"; "a marginal victory" [syn: {bare(a)}, {marginal}]
7: apart from anything else; without additions or
modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere
idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the
simple truth" [syn: {bare(a)}, {mere(a)}, {simple(a)}]
8: lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood";
"unfinished furniture" [syn: {unfinished}]
9: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
"barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
landscape" [syn: {barren}, {bleak}, {desolate}, {stark}]
10: having extraneous everything removed including contents;
"the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare" [syn: {stripped}]
11: showing ground without the usual covering of grass; "a
carefully swept bare yard around the house"
v 1: lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
2: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: {publicize},
{publicise}, {air}]
3: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {denude}, {denudate}, {strip}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0