bare

English Online Dictionary. What means bare‎? What does bare mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɛə(ɹ)/, /bɛː(ɹ)/, enPR: bâr
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɛ(ə)ɹ/, enPR: bâr
• Homophone: bear
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”).

Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).

Adjective

bare (comparative barer, superlative barest)

1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

   a bare majority
2. Naked, uncovered.
3. Having no supplies.
4. Having no decoration.

5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.

6. (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
9. (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
10. Threadbare, very worn.
11. Not insured.

Synonyms

• (minimal): mere, minimal
• (without a condom): Thesaurus:condomless
• (naked): exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed
• (having no supplies): empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied
• (having no decoration): empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated
• (having had what usually covers (something) removed): despoiled, stripped, uncovered

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "minimal"): ample, plentiful, sufficient
• (antonym(s) of "naked"): covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed
• (antonym(s) of "having no supplies"): full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked
• (antonym(s) of "having no decoration"): adorned, decorated, ornate
• (antonym(s) of "having had what usually covers (something) removed"): covered

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

bare

1. (dialect) Barely.
2. (MLE, slang) Very; significantly.

3. (slang) Without a condom.

Translations

Noun

bare (plural bares)

1. (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
2. Surface; body; substance.
3. (architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

Etymology 2

From Middle English baren, from Old English barian, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną (“to bare, make bare”).

Verb

bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared)

1. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To uncover; to reveal.

Usage notes

The verb should not be confused with the verb bear.

Synonyms

• (uncover): expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "uncover"): cover, cover up, hide

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

bare

1. (obsolete) simple past of bear

References

• “bare”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “bare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “bare adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• Aber, Bear, Brea, Reba, bear, brae, rabe

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾe/, [ba.ɾe̞]

Etymology 1

Adjective

bare (comparative bareago, superlative bareen, excessive bareegi)

1. calm

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bare anim

1. slug

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bare inan

1. spleen

Declension

References

• “bare” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
• "bare" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “bare” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarɛ]

Noun

bare

1. vocative singular of bar

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːrə/, [ˈb̥ɑːɑ]

Etymology 1

From the adjective bar (“naked”).

Adverb

bare

1. just
2. simply
3. only, merely

Conjunction

bare

1. I wish, I hope, if only (introduces a wish)
2. if only (introduces a conditional subclause)

Synonyms

• gid, om, hvis bare, kun

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bare

1. inflection of bar:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bare

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of baren

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

bare

1. inflection of bar:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: bà‧re

Noun

bare f

1. plural of bara

Anagrams

• Arbe, Erba, ebra, erba, reba

Lithuanian

Noun

bare m

1. locative/vocative singular of baras

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

bare

1. best

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bāra, from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō.

Noun

bâre f

1. bier, stretcher

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: baar

Further reading

• “bare (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bare (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bær, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

Alternative forms

• bar, baar, bayre, bere, beare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːr/

Adjective

bare

1. unclothed; naked, nude

Descendants

• English: bare
• Scots: bare, bair
• Yola: baar, baare

References

• “bār, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

bare

1. (Northern) Alternative form of bor

Miriwung

Verb

bare

1. to stand

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian باره (bâre, “subject, issue”).

Noun

bare m

1. topic
2. hashtag

Derived terms

• di bareya ... de

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

bare

1. definite singular of bar
2. plural of bar

Adverb

bare

1. only, merely, just
2. but

Conjunction

bare

1. if; as long as

See also

• berre (Nynorsk)

References

• “bare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• aber

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

bare

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of berre

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bare (Cyrillic spelling баре)

1. vocative singular of bȃr

Noun

bare (Cyrillic spelling баре)

1. inflection of bȁra:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Adjective

bare

1. definite natural masculine singular of bar

Anagrams

• aber