without covering or clothing; naked; nude

bare legs.

without the usual furnishings, contents, etc.

bare walls.

open to view; unconcealed; undisguised

his bare dislike of neckties.

unadorned; bald; plain

the bare facts.

(of cloth) napless or threadbare.

scarcely or just sufficient; mere

the bare necessities of life.

Obsolete . with the head uncovered; bareheaded.

to open to view; reveal or divulge

to bare one's arms; to bare damaging new facts.

adjective

clothed , robed , covered , full , adorned , decorated

verb

cloak , hide , secret

adjective

bald , bareskinned , denuded , disrobed , divested , exposed , in one’s birthday suit , naked , nude , peeled , shorn , stripped , unclad , unclothed , uncovered , undressed , unrobednotes:bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up , support , transport - or an animal , arid , barren , blank , bleak , clear , desert , desolate , empty , lacking , mean , open , poor , scanty , scarce , stark , unfurnished , vacant , vacuous , void , wantingnotes:bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up , austere , basic , blunt , chaste , cold , essential , hard , literal , meager , mere , modest , scant , severe , sheer , simple , spare , unembellished , unornamentednotes:bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up , au naturel , dry , plain , unadorned , unvarnished , alone , barefooted , denudate , denudative , destitute , discalced , in puris naturalibus , manifest , meer , minimum , napless , pileworn , threadbare , uncolored , undraped , unveiled

verb

disclose , divulge , exhibit , expose , publish , show , uncover , unroll , unveilnotes:bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up , support , transport - or an animal , denude , disrobe , divest , strip , display , unclothe , unmask , unveil , all , alone , austere , bald , barren , callow , clear , cold , defenseless , denudate , desolate , divert , empty , exposed , meager , mere , naked , nude , paltry , plain , reveal , scanty , simple , stark , stripped , threadbare , unadorned , unarmed , unclad , uncovered , undraped , undress , unfurnished , worn , worthless