Bare | Mean of bare in English Dictionary

/ˈbeɚ/

• not having a covering
1. There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare.
2. The walls were bare.
3. Do not let the bare wires touch.
4. He laid bare his soul. = He laid his soul bare. [=he revealed his most private thoughts and feelings]
5. The book is an attempt to lay bare [=reveal, uncover] the secrets of this very powerful political family.
• not covered by clothing, shoes, a hat, etc.
1. He covered her bare arms with his coat.
2. Her feet were bare. = She had bare feet. [=she wasn't wearing shoes or socks on her feet]
3. He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare.
4. His head is bare. [=he does not have a hat on]
• not covered by leaves, grass, trees, or plants
1. She likes the bare [=naked] branches of trees in the winter.
2. The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.
3. The mountainside was laid bare by loggers. [=all the trees on the mountainside were cut down by loggers]

• not containing anything
1. The cupboard was bare.
2. There was only one bare shelf.
• having little or no furniture
1. a bare room
2. Her office was pretty bare, having only one desk and one chair.
3. This is the barest room in the house.
• not having anything added or extra
1. He only told me the bare facts about what happened.
2. We packed only the bare essentials for the hike. [=we packed only what we really needed for the hike]
3. They had only the bare [=basic] necessities (of life): food, water, and shelter.
4. He's lazy and only does the bare minimum of work. [=he does the least amount of work possible]
5. a bare majority [=the smallest possible majority]
6. She added the barest [=smallest] pinch of salt.
• Verb
• to remove the covering from (something)
1. He bared his chest to show the scar.
2. The dog growled and bared [=exposed] its teeth.
3. She was asked to bare (it) all for the magazine. [=she was asked to pose nude for the magazine]
4. She bared [=revealed, told] her fears to him.
5. He bared all [=told the whole story] in the interview.
6. He bared his soul to me. [=he told me his most private thoughts and feelings]