| ADJECTIVE | all | bare, au naturel, naked, nude | completely unclothed |
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| all | bare, scanty, spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity | |
| all | bare, unsheathed | not having a protective ... / protective covering | |
| all | bare | lacking its natural or customary covering | |
| all | bare, marginal | just barely adequate or within a lower limit | |
| all | bare, mere, simple | apart from anything else | |
| all | bare, unfinished | lacking a surface finish such as paint | |
| all | bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark | providing no shelter or sustenance | |
| all | bare, stripped | having everything extraneous removed including contents | |
| all | bare, plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented | lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| VERB | contact | bare | lay bare |
| communication | bare, publicize, publicise, air | make public | |
| change | bare, denude, denudate, strip | lay bare |
| Sounds | beh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | Completely unclothed. | |
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| Example | "bare bodies" | |
| Synonyms | au naturel, naked, nude | |
| Broader | unclothed | not wearing clothing |
| Spanish | descubierto, desnudo | |
| Catalan | descobert, despullat, nu | |
| Nouns | bareness | the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body) |
| Meaning | lacking in amplitude or quantity. | |
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| Example | "a bare livelihood" | |
| Synonyms | scanty, spare | |
| Broader | meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent |
| Spanish | escaso, insuficiente, parco, reducido | |
| Catalan | escàs, insuficient, minso, reduït | |
| Meaning | not having a protective ... / protective covering. | |
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| Example | "a bare blade" | |
| Synonym | unsheathed | |
| Opposite | sheathed | enclosed in a protective ... / protective covering |
| Spanish | descubierto | |
| Nouns | bareness | an extreme / extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation |
| Meaning | lacking its natural or customary covering. | |
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| Narrower | bald, denuded, denudate | Without the natural or usual covering |
| naked | lacking any cover | |
| undraped | lacking drapery or draperies | |
| unroofed | Having no roof / roof | |
| Opposite | covered | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something |
| Spanish | raso | |
| Catalan | ras | |
| Nouns | bareness | an extreme / extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation |
| Meaning | Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. | |
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| Example | "a bare majority" | |
| Synonym | marginal | |
| Broader | narrow | Very limited in degree |
| Meaning | apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. | |
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| Example | "only the bare facts" | |
| Synonyms | mere, simple | |
| Broader | plain | not elaborate or elaborated |
| Meaning | lacking a surface finish such as paint. | |
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| Example | "bare wood" | |
| Synonym | unfinished | |
| Broader | unpainted | not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat |
| Spanish | inacabado, incompleto | |
| Nouns | bareness | an extreme / extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation |
| Meaning | Providing no shelter or sustenance. | |
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| Example | "bare rocky hills" | |
| Synonyms | barren, bleak, desolate, stark | |
| Broader | inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
| Spanish | árido, desértico, desierto, desolado, estéril, yermo | |
| Catalan | àrid, desert, desèrtic, desolat, erm, estèril | |
| Nouns | bareness | an extreme / extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation |
| Meaning | Having everything extraneous removed including contents. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | stripped | |
| Broader | empty | holding or containing nothing |
| Spanish | desnudo | |
| Catalan | nu | |
| Nouns | bareness | an extreme / extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation |
| Meaning | lacking embellishment or ornamentation. | |
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| Synonyms | plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented | |
| Broader | unadorned, undecorated | not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction |
| Spanish | natural, sencillo | |
| Catalan | natural, senzill | |
| Meaning | lay bare. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | uncover, expose | Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body |
| Spanish | desnudar | |
| Meaning | make public. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | publicize, publicise, air | |
| Narrower | air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television |
| bulletin | make public by bulletin | |
| circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known | |
| hype | Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner | |
| publish, bring out, put out, issue, release | Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | |
| Broader | tell | Let something be known |
| Spanish | airear, divulgar | |
| Meaning | lay bare. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They bare the trees | |
| Synonyms | denude, denudate, strip | |
| Narrower | burn off | Clear land of its vegetation by burning it off |
| defoliate | strip the leaves or branches from | |
| Broader | clear | Remove |
| Spanish | denudar, descubrir, desnudar, despejar, despojar, desvestir, pelar | |
| Catalan | desembarassar, desposseir, despullar, desvestir | |
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