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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : bair
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər



Definition of bare

Origin :
  • Old English bær "naked, uncovered, unclothed," from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (cf. German bar, Old Norse berr, Dutch baar), from PIE *bhosos (cf. Armenian bok "naked;" Old Church Slavonic bosu, Lithuanian basas "barefoot"). Meaning "sheer, absolute" (c.1200) is from the notion of "complete in itself."
  • adj without clothing
  • adj without covering or content
  • adj simple, unadorned
  • verb reveal
Example sentences :
  • More than a bare recital of the wretched facts, therefore, is not seemly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The bare reference to a single consideration will be conclusive on this point.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The ministry escaped censure when the vote was taken by a bare majority.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Her throat was bare, and she saw the muscles of it knotted in the struggle for life.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • By shifting his position his lips came close to her bare young arm.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He leaned over and ran his and caressingly along her bare forearm.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • When she could not sleep, she got up and padded to the window in bare feet.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • You can see the bare places under the pines where they have their dancing-places.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • You hear them calling from the house-tops, and the beat of bare feet on the dancing places.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • She jumped out on to the floor with her bare feet, and ran eagerly to the window.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

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