Clarifications of English Words:
bare and bear
bare (BAIR)
Stripped naked, nude, undressed, unclothed, disrobed, uncovered, unclad, exposed: 1. The engineers worked bare to the waist in the broiling sun.
2. Empty, void, vacant; unadorned, undecorated, unornamented; austere, stark, plain: We wanted to hang up some paintings on those bare walls. The kitchen cupboard was bare.
3. Threadbare, bald, thin, hapless, worn: The carpet was worn bare from years of use.
4. Just enough, scant, mere, meager, endurable: We existed on nothing but the bare necessities for six months.
5. Plain, undisguised, stark, simple, essential, without elaboration, unadorned: The detective outlined the bare facts of the case. Let us have the bare truth and nothing else.
6. Uncover, undress, unveil, undrage: Bare your head when the flag is raised.
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