v.

1. lay bare
   
   • bare your breasts
   • bare your feelings
2. make public;
   publicize, publicise, air
   
   • She aired her opinions on welfare
3. lay bare;
   denude, denudate, strip
   
   • denude a forest

adj.

1. completely unclothed;
   au naturel(p), naked, nude
   
   • bare bodies
   • naked from the waist up
   • a nude model
2. lacking in amplitude or quantity;
   bare(a), scanty, spare
   
   • a bare livelihood
   • a scanty harvest
   • a spare diet
3. not having a protective covering;
   unsheathed
   
   • unsheathed cables
   • a bare blade
4. lacking its natural or customary covering
   
   • a bare hill
   • bare feet
5. just barely adequate or within a lower limit;
   bare(a), marginal
   
   • a bare majority
   • a marginal victory
6. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
   bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)
   
   • only the bare facts
   • shocked by the mere idea
   • the simple passage of time was enough
   • the simple truth
7. lacking a surface finish such as paint;
   unfinished
   
   • bare wood
   • unfinished furniture
8. providing no shelter or sustenance;
   barren, bleak, desolate, stark
   
   • bare rocky hills
   • barren lands
   • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
   • the desolate surface of the moon
   • a stark landscape
9. having everything extraneous removed including contents;
   stripped
   
   • the bare walls
   • the cupboard was bare
10. lacking embellishment or ornamentation;
    plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented
    
    • a plain hair style
    • unembellished white walls
    • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete