The Meaning of bare

• (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
• (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded.
• (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
• (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
• (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.
• (a.) Threadbare; much worn.
• (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
• (n.) Surface; body; substance.
• (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
• (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
• () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
• () of Bear

Synonyms

publicize , publicise , air , denude , denudate , strip , au naturel , naked , nude , scanty , spare , marginal , mere , simple , unfinished , barren , bleak , desolate , stark , stripped , plain , spare , unembellished , unornamented , unsheathed

Antonyms

sheathed , covered

Homophones

baer , bahr , bair , bear , behr

Rhymes

abair , adair , adaire , addair , aer , affair , air , alair , alastair , allaire , almaguer , altair , anywhere , armchair , astaire , aware , ayre , baehr , baer , bahr , bair , bakeware , bancaire , bear , beaufrere , behr , belair , belaire , bellemare , beware , bezaire , billionaire , blair , blare , canadair , care , chair , cher , childcare , clair , claire , clare , comair , compare , concessionaire , convair , cookware , corriere , dare , darr , daycare , debonair , declare , delair , delaware , derr , despair , dinnerware , disrepair , doctrinaire , dreher , earthenware , elsewhere , ensnare , ere , err , euromobiliare , everywhere , extraordinaire , eyre , fair , faire , fanfare , fare , fehr , ferre , flair , flare , flatware , footware , footwear , forebear , forswear , foursquare , fraire , frere , freyre , frontiere , gare , gehr , geniere , gisclair , glare , glassware , glenayre , groupware , guerre , hair , haire , hairr , hardware , hare , healthcare , hehr , heir , herr , herre , icelandair , impair , javier , jeanpierre , kahre , kehr , khmer , kitchenware , klare , knerr , knitwear , kreher , lair , lare , larosiere , laterriere , laware , leclaire , lefrere , legionnaire , lehr , lemaire , longhair , macnair , mair , mare , mayfair , mcnair , medicare , mehr , mer , midair , millionaire , mohair , montclair , multimillionaire , nair , nationair , neckwear , nightmare , nowhere , ohare , opere , outerwear , pair , pare , pear , pentair , pershare , phair , pierre , plair , praxair , prayer , prepare , questionnaire , rare , reher , repair , sare , sayre , scare , schehr , scherr , sehr , serr , share , silverware , sinclair , sleepwear , snare , software , solitaire , somewhere , spare , sportswear , square , stair , stare , stehr , sterr , stoneware , swear , swimwear , swissair , tableware , takecare , tear , terre , their , there , thoroughfare , threadbare , traer , unaware , underwear , unfair , usair , voltaire , ware , warfare , wear , wehr , welfare , werre , westair , wheelchair , where , whitehair , zehr