There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in " bare your shoulders" and "a dog …

BARE definition: without covering or clothing; naked; nude. See examples of bare used in a sentence.

Idiom bare naked (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If a room, cupboard, or shelf is bare, it is empty. His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes.

1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. 2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

Definition of bare adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected. Bare, the least powerful in connotation of the three, means lack of expected or usual coverings, …

Bare Look up bare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bare literally means fully or partially naked, or figuratively used it means minimal. Bare may also refer to:

BARE meaning: 1 : not having a covering sometimes used figuratively; 2 : not covered by clothing, shoes, a hat, etc.

bare, adj., adv., & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary