bare
English
/bɛə(ɹ)/, /bɛəɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having no supplies.
- Having no decoration.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- (MLE) A lot or lots of.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- (figurative) Mere; without embellishment.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Not insured.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bare inherited from Old English bær (bare, naked, open) inherited from *baʀ inherited from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (bare, naked) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (naked).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰosós
Gloss
naked
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arse English
- ass English
- back English
- backed English
- bar English
- bare-arse English
- bare-bum English
- bare-butt English
- bare-footen English
- barearse English
- bareass English
- bareback English
- barebacked English
- barebacker English
- barebacking English
- bareboat English
- barebone English
- barebow English
- barebutt English
- barechested English
- barefaced English
- barefacedly English
- barefacedness English
- barefast English
- barefoot English
- barefooted English
- barefooter English
- barefooting English
- barehand English
- barehanded English
- barehandedly English
- barehandedness English
- bareheaded English
- bareish English
- barelegged English
- barely English
- barenecked English
- bareness English
- barer English
- bareroot English
- baresark English
- bareskin English
- barest English
- bareth English
- bareword English
- boat English
- bone English
- bow English
- bum English
- butt English
- chested English
- faced English
- fast English
- foot English
- footed English
- hand English
- handed English
- headed English
- legged English
- necked English
- pareve English
- root English
- sark English
- skin English
- thread English
- threadbare English
- threadbareness English
- unbare English
- word English
- baari Finnish
- Barzahlung German
- bar German
- barfüßig German
- barhäuptig German
- baar Dutch, Flemish
- baarblijkelijk Dutch, Flemish
- baarkleed Dutch, Flemish
- baarlijk Dutch, Flemish
- goudbaar Dutch, Flemish
- overerfbaar Dutch, Flemish
- rosbaar Dutch, Flemish
- bréhaigne French
- *bʰos- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰosós Proto-Indo-European
- *bazaz Proto-Germanic
- bar Swedish
- bosak Polish
- bosy Polish
- bær Old English
- bærfot Old English
- bare Middle English
- barefote Middle English
- *bara Old Norse
- *barr Old Norse
- berr Old Norse
- bar Danish
- burgerbar Danish
- bøssebar Danish
- *bosъ Proto-Slavic
- ber Icelandic
- bláber Icelandic
- jarðarber Icelandic
- rifsber Icelandic
- trönuber Icelandic
- vínber Icelandic
- bâre Middle Dutch
- bar Old High German
- բոկ Old Armenian
- bar Middle High German
- brehaigne Middle French
- פּאַרעווע, פּאַרעוו Yiddish
- *baʀ gmw-pro
- bar Old Saxon
- bar Old Swedish
- bare Scots
- barefit Scots
- *bar Frankish
- basas Lithuanian
- *basas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *basás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- bar Old Danish
- ass
- bum
- bar
- bow
- foot
- bone
- skin
- arse
- boat
- sark
- butt
- back
- root
- word
- fast
- hand
- barer
- faced
- unbare
- handed
- pareve
- headed
- barely
- footed
- legged
- thread
- barest
- necked
- bareth
- backed
- barebow
- bareass
- chested
- bareish
- barearse
- bare-bum
- bareword
- barefoot
- bareskin
- barehand
- bareboat
- bareroot
- barefast
- baresark
- bareness
- barebone
- bareback
- barebutt
- barefaced
- bare-arse
- bare-butt
- barefooter
- barenecked
- barefooted
- barehanded
- threadbare
- bareheaded
- barebacker
- barebacked
- barelegged
- barefacedly
- barebacking
- bare-footen
- barefooting
- barechested
- barehandedly
- barefacedness
- threadbareness
- barehandedness