Bare

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Bare Legs

I. adjective (barer; barest)

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English b?r; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas barefoot
Date: before 12th century
1.
- a. lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering
- b.
  - (1) lacking clothing <bare feet>
  - (2) obsolete bareheaded
- c. lacking any tool or weapon <opened the box with his bare hands>
2. open to view ; exposed <laying bare their secrets>
3.
- a. unfurnished or scantily supplied <a bare room>
- b. destitute <bare of all safeguards>
4.
- a. having nothing left over or added <the bare necessities of life>
- b. mere <a bare two hours away>
- c. devoid of amplification or adornment <the bare facts>
5. obsolete worthless
? bareness noun
Synonyms:
- bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable <an apartment with bare walls>. naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness<poor half-naked children>. nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure<a nude model posing for art students>. bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness<a bald mountain peak>. barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility<barren plains>.

II. transitive verb (bared; baring)

III. *archaic past of bear