Bare

a. [A-S. bær, bær, Sw., Dan., & Ger. bær, D. baar, O. H. Ger. pār, Icel. berr, Goth. hypoth. basis, basas, bæras, Slav. bos”, Lith. basas, bare, barefoot.]

1Sense 1. Without clothes or covering; naked; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare.

2Sense 2. With the head uncovered from respect.

When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.

3Sense 3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish. [Obs. or rare.] Spenser.

4Sense 4. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. “A bare treasury.” Dryden.

I have made Esau bare. Jer. xlix. 10.

5Sense 5. Threadbare; much worn.

It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.

6Sense 6. Mere; alone; unaccompanied.

Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words. South.

7Sense 7. Raw; excoriated, as flesh. Spenser.

Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set. Mar. Dict.

n. Surface; body; substance. [Bare.] You have touched the very bare of truth. Marston.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BARED; p. pr. & vb. n. BARING.] [A-S. barjan, abærjan, O. H. Ger. parôn. See supra.] To strip off the covering of; to make naked; as, to bare the breast.

. The old preterit of bear; now bore.