bare
verb
1 bare
Lay bare.
Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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2 bare
3 bare
Lay bare.
synonyms: denudate, denude, strip.
Roget 226:
divest;
uncover
etc.
(cover)
etc.
223;
denude,
bare,
strip;
disfurnish†;
undress,
disrobe
etc.
(dress, enrobe)
etc.
225;
uncoif†;
dismantle;
put off,
take off,
cast off;
doff;
peel,
pare,
decorticate,
excoriate,
skin,
scalp,
flay;
expose,
lay open;
exfoliate,
molt,
mew;
cast the skin.
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Dutch: ontbloten
adjective
1 bare
Completely unclothed:
— Bare bodies.
synonyms: au naturel, naked, nude.
Roget 226:
divested
etc.
v.;
bare,
naked,
nude;
undressed,
undraped;
denuded;
exposed;
in dishabille;
bald,
threadbare,
ragged,
callow,
roofless.
in a state of nature,
in nature's garb,
in the buff,
in native buff,
in birthday suit;
in puris naturalibus [Lat.];
with nothing on,
stark naked,
stark raving naked [Joc.];
bald as a coot,
bare as the back of one's hand;
out at elbows;
barefoot;
bareback,
barebacked;
leafless,
napless†,
hairless.
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Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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Polish: nieubrany, nagi, goły
2 bare
Lacking in magnitude or quantity:
— A bare livelihood.
synonyms: scanty, spare.
Roget 640:
insufficient,
inadequate;
too little
etc.
32;
not enough
etc.
639;
unequal to;
incompetent
etc.
(impotent)
158;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;"
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460;
deficient
etc.
(incomplete)
53;
wanting,
etc.
v.;
imperfect
etc.
651;
ill-furnished,
ill-provided,
ill-stored,
ill-off.
slack,
at a low ebb;
empty,
vacant,
bare;
short of,
out of,
destitute of,
devoid of,
bereft of
etc.
789;
denuded of;
dry,
drained.
unprovided,
unsupplied†,
unfurnished;
unreplenished,
unfed†;
unstored†,
untreasured†;
empty-handed.
meager,
poor,
thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted;
starved,
starving;
halfstarved,
famine-stricken,
famished;
jejune.
scant
etc.
(small)
32;
scarce;
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money,
not to be had at any price;
scurvy;
stingy
etc.
819;
at the end of one's tether;
without resources
etc.
632;
in want
etc.
(poor)
804;
in debt
etc.
806.
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3 bare
Not having a protective covering:
— A bare blade.
synonym: unsheathed.
4 bare
Lacking its natural or customary covering.
5 bare
Just barely adequate or within a lower limit:
— A bare majority.
synonym: marginal.
6 bare
Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications:
— Only the bare facts.
synonyms: mere, simple.
Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Polish: sam
7 bare
Lacking a surface finish such as paint:
— Bare wood.
synonym: unfinished.
8 bare
9 bare
Having everything extraneous removed including contents:
— The bare walls.
— The cupboard was bare.
synonym: stripped.
Polish: łysy, goły, nagi
10 bare
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
synonyms: plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented.
Roget 849:
simple,
plain;
homely,
homespun;
ordinary,
household.
unaffected;
ingenuous,
sincere
(artless)
703;
free from affectation,
free from ornament;
simplex munditiis [Lat.]
[Horace];
sans facon [Fr.],
en deshabille [Fr.].
chaste,
inornate†,
severe.
unadorned,
bare,
unornamented,
undecked†,
ungarnished,
unarranged†,
untrimmed,
unvarnished.
bald,
flat,
dull.
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