There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in " bare your shoulders" and "a dog baring its teeth."

Idiom bare naked (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

BARE definition: without covering or clothing; naked; nude. See examples of bare used in a sentence.

1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. 2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare. She had bare arms and a bare neck.

Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected.

Definition of bare adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Feb 7, 2026 · bare (third-person singular simple present bares, present participle baring, simple past and past participle bared) (transitive, sometimes figurative) To uncover; to reveal.

Bare definition: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bare is ranked #4836 in terms of the most common surnames in America. The Bare surname appeared 7,291 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample …