Bare (bâr), a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, Oslav. bosŭ barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhās to shine. √85.][1913 Webster]
1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.[1913 Webster]
2. With head uncovered; bareheaded.[1913 Webster]
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.
3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.[1913 Webster]
Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !
4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. “Uttering bare truth.” Shak.[1913 Webster]
5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. “A bare treasury.” Dryden.[1913 Webster]
6. Threadbare; much worn.[1913 Webster]
It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.
7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. “The bare necessaries of life.” Addison.[1913 Webster]
Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words.
Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.[1913 Webster]
Bare, n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [R.][1913 Webster]
You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.[1913 Webster]
Bare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bared(bârd); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.[1913 Webster]
Bare. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.[1913 Webster]