bare
1. lay bare (Freq. 1)
- bare your breasts
- bare your feelings
• Hypernyms:
uncover, expose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make public
- She aired her opinions on welfare
• Syn:
publicize, publicise, air
• Derivationally related forms:
publiciser (for: publicise), publicizer (for: publicize), publicizing (for: publicize)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
hype, bulletin, publish, bring out, put out,
issue, release, circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute,
disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse,
pass around, air, send, beam, transmit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. lay bare
- denude a forest
• Syn:
denude, denudate, strip
• Derivationally related forms:
denudation (for: denude)
• Hypernyms:
clear
• Hyponyms:
defoliate, burn off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They bare the trees
1. completely unclothed (Freq. 2)
- bare bodies
- naked from the waist up
- a nude model
• Syn:
au naturel, naked, nude
• Similar to:
unclothed
• Derivationally related forms:
nude (for: nude), nudity (for: nude), nudeness (for: nude), nakedness (for: naked), bareness
2. lacking in amplitude or quantity (Freq. 2)
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
• Syn:
scanty, spare
• Similar to:
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
• Derivationally related forms:
spareness (for: spare), scantiness (for: scanty)
3. not having a protective covering
- unsheathed cables
- a bare blade
• Syn:
unsheathed
• Ant:
sheathed (for: unsheathed)
• Derivationally related forms:
bareness
4. lacking its natural or customary covering
- a bare hill
- bare feet
• Ant:
covered
• Similar to:
bald, denuded, denudate, naked, undraped, unroofed
• Derivationally related forms:
bareness
5. just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- a bare majority
- a marginal victory
• Syn:
marginal
• Similar to:
narrow
6. apart from anything else;
without additions or modifications
- only the bare facts
- shocked by the mere idea
- the simple passage of time was enough
- the simple truth
• Syn:
mere, simple
• Similar to:
plain
7. lacking a surface finish such as paint
- bare wood
- unfinished furniture
• Syn:
unfinished
• Similar to:
unpainted
• Derivationally related forms:
bareness
8. providing no shelter or sustenance
- bare rocky hills
- barren lands
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- the desolate surface of the moon
- a stark landscape
• Syn:
barren, bleak, desolate, stark
• Similar to:
inhospitable
• Derivationally related forms:
starkness (for: stark), bleakness (for: bleak), barren (for: barren), barrenness (for: barren), bareness
9. having everything extraneous removed including contents
- the bare walls
- the cupboard was bare
• Syn:
stripped
• Similar to:
empty
• Derivationally related forms:
bareness
10. lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- a plain hair style
- unembellished white walls
- functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
• Syn:
plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented
• Similar to:
unadorned, undecorated
• Derivationally related forms:
plainness (for: plain)
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