bare: meaning and definitions

Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked: a bare arm.

Exposed to view; undisguised: bare fangs.

Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration: bare walls.

Having no addition, adornment, or qualification: the bare facts. See Synonyms at empty.

Just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities.

Obsolete Bareheaded.

To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets.

To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

Archaic A past tense of bear1.