Bāre1, a.
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.]
Sense 1. Without clothes or covering; naked; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare.
Sense 2. With the head uncovered from respect.
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.
Sense 3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish. [Obs. or rare.] Spenser.
Sense 4. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. “A bare treasury.” Dryden.
I have made Esau bare. Jer. xlix. 10.
Sense 5. Threadbare; much worn.
It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.
Sense 6. Mere; alone; unaccompanied.
Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words. South.
Sense 7. Raw; excoriated, as flesh. Spenser.
Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set. Mar. Dict.