bare

Adjective

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation
  • a plain hair style
    
  • unembellished white walls
    
  • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
    

• having everything extraneous removed including contents
  • the bare walls
    
  • the cupboard was bare
    

• providing no shelter or sustenance
  • bare rocky hills
    
  • barren lands
    
  • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
    
  • the desolate surface of the moon
    
  • a stark landscape
    

• lacking a surface finish such as paint
  • bare wood
    
  • unfinished furniture
    

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
  • only the bare facts
    
  • shocked by the mere idea
    
  • the simple passage of time was enough
    
  • the simple truth
    

• just barely adequate or within a lower limit
  • a bare majority
    
  • a marginal victory
    

• lacking its natural or customary covering
  • a bare hill
    
  • bare feet
    

• not having a protective covering
  • unsheathed cables
    
  • a bare blade
    

• lacking in amplitude or quantity
  • a bare livelihood
    
  • a scanty harvest
    
  • a spare diet
    

• completely unclothed
  • bare bodies
    
  • naked from the waist up
    
  • a nude model
    

Verb

• lay bare
  • denude a forest
    

• make public
  • She aired her opinions on welfare
    

• lay bare
  • bare your breasts
    
  • bare your feelings
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plain , spare , unembellished , unornamented , stripped , barren , bleak , desolate , stark , unfinished , bare(a) , mere(a) , simple(a) , marginal , unsheathed , scanty , au naturel(p) , naked , nude , denude , denudate , strip , publicize , publicise , air
• Antonyms: 
  covered , sheathed