BARE, adjective [This word is from opening, separating, stripping.] 1. Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare 2. With the head uncovered, from respect. 3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners. 4. Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed. 5. Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. I have made Esau bare Jer.xlix. 6. Alone; unaccompanied. 7. Thread-bare; much worn. 8. Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments. Under bare poles, at sea, signifies having no sail set. It is often followed by of; as, the country is bare of money. BARE, verb transitive [See bare adj.] To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast. BARE, the old preterit of bear, now bore.
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