Meaning of bare In English

• 0 without any clothes or not covered by anything:

  • Don't walk around outside in your bare feet.

  • There's no carpet in the room, just bare floorboards.

• 1 only the most basic or important:

  • I just packed the bare essentials (= the most basic and necessary things).

  • There isn't much time, so I'll just give you the bare facts/details.

  • She eats only the bare minimum to stay alive.

  • They rely on credit cards even to cover the bare necessities such as rent and emergency medical treatment.

• 2 If a cupboard or room is bare, there is nothing in it.

• 3 to take away the thing that is covering something so that it can be seen:

  • The men bared their heads (= took their hats off as a sign of respect) as they entered the church.

  • He became nervous when the dog growled and bared its teeth at him (= showed its teeth to him).

• 4 very:

  • The questions are bare difficult.

  • It's bare raining.

  • There were bare people waiting to get in.

• 5 without any clothes or not covered by anything:

  • The hot sand burned my bare feet.

  • Inside, the floors were bare and there was very little furniture.

  • They had nothing beyond the bare necessities (of life) (= the most basic things you need).

• 6 to show something that is usually covered:

  • The dog bared its teeth and growled.

• 7 be without insurance:

  • Thousands of doctors have chosen to drop their professional liability insurance and go bare.