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bare (BAIR)
1. Stripped naked, nude, undressed, unclothed, disrobed, uncovered, unclad, exposed: "The engineers worked bare to the waist in the broiling sun."
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned, undecorated, unornamented; austere, stark, plain: "We wanted to hang up some paintings on those bare walls." "The kitchen cupboard was bare."
3. Threadbare, bald, thin, hapless, worn: "The carpet was worn bare from years of use."
4. Just enough, scant, mere, meager, endurable: "We existed on nothing but the bare necessities for six months."
5. Plain, undisguised, stark, simple, essential, without elaboration, unadorned: "The detective outlined the bare facts of the case." "Let us have the bare truth and nothing else."
6. Uncover, undress, unveil: "Bare your head when the flag is raised."
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned, undecorated, unornamented; austere, stark, plain: "We wanted to hang up some paintings on those bare walls." "The kitchen cupboard was bare."
3. Threadbare, bald, thin, hapless, worn: "The carpet was worn bare from years of use."
4. Just enough, scant, mere, meager, endurable: "We existed on nothing but the bare necessities for six months."
5. Plain, undisguised, stark, simple, essential, without elaboration, unadorned: "The detective outlined the bare facts of the case." "Let us have the bare truth and nothing else."
6. Uncover, undress, unveil: "Bare your head when the flag is raised."
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bare (BAIR) (adjective)
1. Stripped naked, undressed, unclothed, uncovered, unclad: The engineers worked bare to the waist in the broiling sun.
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned: Marina wanted to hang up some paintings on the bare walls of the room.
4. Just enough, scant, meager: Rebekah existed on nothing but the bare necessities of food for six months.
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned: Marina wanted to hang up some paintings on the bare walls of the room.
The kitchen cupboard was bare.
3. Lacking full threads, bald, thin: The carpet was worn bare from years of use.4. Just enough, scant, meager: Rebekah existed on nothing but the bare necessities of food for six months.
bear (BAIR) (noun)
1. The animal, also known as a bruin: The bear was catching salmon in the river.
2. A person who expects the price of stocks to go down and who sells them to avoid losing money: As an investment bear, Irwin is hoping to sell his stocks before the market goes even lower.
2. A person who expects the price of stocks to go down and who sells them to avoid losing money: As an investment bear, Irwin is hoping to sell his stocks before the market goes even lower.
bear (BAIR) (verb)
1. To support, to sustain, or to maintain: These columns bear the weight of the roof.
3. To give birth to, to bring into being, to bring forth: Jack said, "Yes, Coy's mother did bear three fine sons."
Jackson's office will bear the brunt of the work.
2. To transport, to carry, to tote, to haul, to take: The donkeys had to bear supplies up the steep mountain trail.3. To give birth to, to bring into being, to bring forth: Jack said, "Yes, Coy's mother did bear three fine sons."
Is it really possible that a woman could bear eight babies as stated in the news?
4. To go, to move, or to turn in a specified direction: When Lucinda gets into town, she will bear to the north at the first street.A large quadruped bruin normally has thick fur, but if it loses this covering because of some kind of skin disease, it could certainly be a bare bear that will simply have to bear its handicap.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“bare”
(Greek: unclothed, bare, unclad, disrobed, undressed; naked, nude)
(Greek: bare, making bare, stripping; smooth, plain; mere, merely)
(Greek: undress, disrobe; take off, strip, lay bare; shed, molt)
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“bare”
Wear short sleeves and then you can support your right to bare arms.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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