[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bare/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bare # bare adjective (bare, barer, barest); verb (bare, bares, bared, baring) «bare» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Bare means not covered by clothes, like bare feet or bare arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#m1) 2. Bare means empty or with nothing on it, like a bare room or bare trees in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#m2) 3. Bare means just the smallest amount, as in the bare minimum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#m3) 4. To bare something means to show it by uncovering it, like an animal baring its teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#m4) ### In the lessons In everyday life and safety, walking in bare feet on hot sand, glass or stony ground can hurt; and «with your bare hands» means without tools or gloves. In science, trees are bare in winter when they have lost their leaves, and bare soil can be washed away by rain. In nature safety, an animal baring its teeth is warning you to back away. «The bare minimum» means the least you can do. ### Examples - Don't walk on the beach in bare feet; there may be glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x1) - The trees are bare in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x2) - The cupboard was bare; there was no food left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x3) - He lifted the heavy box with his bare hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x4) - The dog bared its teeth and growled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x5) - Her room had bare white walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x6) - He did the bare minimum of homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x7) - She ran out with her little bare feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/#x8) ### Note Homophone trap: «bare» (uncovered) and «bear» (the animal, or to carry/put up with) sound the same. «Barefoot» = with bare feet. «Barely» means only just (I could barely see). Verb forms: bared, baring (drop the e). ## In Jewish tradition Open and treeless. Balaam goes to a bare height, which means a bare hilltop. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and safety, walking in bare feet on hot sand, glass or stony ground can hurt; and «with your bare hands» means without tools or gloves. In science, trees are bare in winter when they have lost their leaves, and bare soil can be washed away by rain. In nature safety, an animal baring its teeth is warning you to back away. «The bare minimum» means the least you can do. ### Examples - And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. (Torah NUM.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bare/#x1) - Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bare/#x2) - A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare. (Writings PRO.18.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bare/#x3) - The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and strippeth the forests bare; and in His temple all say: 'Glory.' (Writings PSA.29.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bare/#x4) ### Note Homophone trap: «bare» (uncovered) and «bear» (the animal, or to carry/put up with) sound the same. «Barefoot» = with bare feet. «Barely» means only just (I could barely see). Verb forms: bared, baring (drop the e). ## Early Modern English ### Meaning Without covering, or with nothing left in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#m1) ### Then and now Today "bare" means uncovered. The sentences use the same meaning, so the old sense (bore, carried, gave birth) does not appear. ### Examples - And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. (Torah NUM.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x1) - She ran out with her little bare feet. (The Pink Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x2) - Never mind if you leave the palace bare.’ (The Pink Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x3) ### Note Today: uncovered; empty. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «bare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bare.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bare.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bare» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bare» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/bare.html) on Mova free.