(~r, ~st, ~s, baring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If a part of your body is ~, it is not covered by any clothing.
She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were ~...
She had ~ arms and a ~ neck.
ADJ
2.
A ~ surface is not covered or decorated with anything.
They would have liked ~ wooden floors throughout the house.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
If a tree or a branch is ~, it has no leaves on it.
...an old, twisted tree, its bark shaggy, many of its limbs brittle and ~.
ADJ
4.
If a room, cupboard, or shelf is ~, it is empty.
His fridge was ~ apart from three very withered tomatoes...
He led me through to a ~, draughty interviewing room.
ADJ
5.
An area of ground that is ~ has no plants growing on it.
That’s probably the most ~, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I’ve ever seen.
ADJ
6.
If someone gives you the ~ facts or the ~st details of something, they tell you only the most basic and important things.
Newspaper reporters were given nothing but the ~ facts by the Superintendent in charge of the investigation.
= plain
ADJ: det ADJ
7.
If you talk about the ~ minimum or the ~ essentials, you mean the very least that is necessary.
The army would try to hold the western desert with a ~ minimum of forces...
These are the ~ essentials you’ll need to dress your baby during the first few months.
= absolute
ADJ: det ADJ
8.
Bare is used in front of an amount to emphasize how small it is.
Sales are growing for premium wines, but at a ~ 2 percent a year.
= mere
ADJ: a ADJ amount emphasis
9.
If you ~ something, you uncover it and show it. (WRITTEN)
Walsh ~d his teeth in a grin...
VERB: V n
10.
~ bones: see bone
11.
If someone does something with their ~ hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.
Police believe the killer punched her to death with his ~ hands...
Rescuers were using their ~ hands to reach the trapped miners.
PHRASE: PHR after v
12.
If you lay something ~, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
The clearing out of disused workshops laid ~ thousands of Italianate glazed tiles.
= expose
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
If you lay ~ something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
No one wants to expose themselves, lay their feelings ~.
PHRASE: V inflects