Dictionary definition · bare
verb
- expose to view"bare your breasts"
- make public"She aired her opinions on welfare"
- lay bare"denude a forest"
adjective
- having no clothes on the body"bare bodies"
- lacking in magnitude or quantity"a bare livelihood"
- not having a protective covering"unsheathed cables"
- lacking its natural or customary covering"a bare hill"
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit"a bare majority"
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications"only the bare facts"
- lacking a surface finish such as paint"bare wood"
- providing no shelter or sustenance"bare rocky hills"
- having everything extraneous removed including contents"the bare walls"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).