Bare

bār, adj. uncovered: naked: open to view: poor, scanty: unadorned: ( Shak. ) unarmed: mere or by itself: ( Shak. ) paltry, desolate: empty: ( Spens. ) rude.— v.t. to strip or uncover.— adj. Bare′backed , with bare back: unsaddled.— n. Bare′bone ( Shak. ), a very lean person.— adj. Bare′faced , with the face uncovered: ( Shak. ) avowed: impudent.— adv. Bare′facedly .— n. Bare′faced ne .— adjs. Bare′foot , -ed , having the feet bare, often of some monastic orders; Bare′-gnawn ( Shak. ), gnawed bare; Bare′headed , having the head bare; Bar′ish ( Carlyle ), somewhat bare; Bare′legged , having the legs bare.— adv. Bare′ly .— ns. Bare′ne ; Bare′sark , a fierce Norse fighter, a berserker.— adv. in a shirt only. [A.S. bær ; Ger. baar , bar ; Ice. berr .]