adj threadbare; much worn.
2. bare ·noun surface; body; substance.
3. bare ·- of bear.
4. bare ·adj with head uncovered; bareheaded.
5. bare ·- bore; the old preterit of bear, v.
6. bare ·adj plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager.
7. bare ·adj mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
8. bare ·adj to strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
9. bare ·adj without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
10. bare ·noun that part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
11. bare ·adj without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
12. bare ·adj destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished;
used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture.