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Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.
Ivo Andric

Meaning of "bare" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BARE

Old English bær; compare Old Norse berr, Old High German bar naked, Old Slavonic bosǔ barefoot.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BARE

bare  [bɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bare is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bare in English.

WHAT DOES BARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bare in the English dictionary

The first definition of bare in the dictionary is unclothed; exposed: used esp of a part of the body. Other definition of bare is without the natural, conventional, or usual covering or clothing. Bare is also lacking appropriate furnishings, etc.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BARE

PRESENT

Present
I bare
you bare
he/she/it bares
we bare
you bare
they bare
Present continuous
I am baring
you are baring
he/she/it is baring
we are baring
you are baring
they are baring
Present perfect
I have bared
you have bared
he/she/it has bared
we have bared
you have bared
they have bared
Present perfect continuous
I have been baring
you have been baring
he/she/it has been baring
we have been baring
you have been baring
they have been baring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bared
you bared
he/she/it bared
we bared
you bared
they bared
Past continuous
I was baring
you were baring
he/she/it was baring
we were baring
you were baring
they were baring
Past perfect
I had bared
you had bared
he/she/it had bared
we had bared
you had bared
they had bared
Past perfect continuous
I had been baring
you had been baring
he/she/it had been baring
we had been baring
you had been baring
they had been baring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bare
you will bare
he/she/it will bare
we will bare
you will bare
they will bare
Future continuous
I will be baring
you will be baring
he/she/it will be baring
we will be baring
you will be baring
they will be baring
Future perfect
I will have bared
you will have bared
he/she/it will have bared
we will have bared
you will have bared
they will have bared
Future perfect continuous
I will have been baring
you will have been baring
he/she/it will have been baring
we will have been baring
you will have been baring
they will have been baring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bare
you would bare
he/she/it would bare
we would bare
you would bare
they would bare
Conditional continuous
I would be baring
you would be baring
he/she/it would be baring
we would be baring
you would be baring
they would be baring
Conditional perfect
I would have bare
you would have bare
he/she/it would have bare
we would have bare
you would have bare
they would have bare
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been baring
you would have been baring
he/she/it would have been baring
we would have been baring
you would have been baring
they would have been baring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bare
we let´s bare
you bare
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bare
Past participle
bared
Present Participle
baring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARE

bardy
bare owner
bare ownership
bare property
bare-ass
bare-assed
bare-bones
bare-knuckle
bareback
barebacked
barebacking
bareboat
barebone
bareboned
barefaced
barefacedly
barefacedness
barefit
barefoot
barefoot doctor

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARE

are
aware
care
childcare
compare
dare
Delaware
easy-care
fare
hardware
health care
malware
mare
on the square
prepare
rare
share
software
square
there you are

Synonyms and antonyms of bare in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BARE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bare» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bare

Translation of «bare» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARE

Find out the translation of bare to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bare from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bare» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赤裸的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desnudo
570 millions of speakers

English

bare
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नंगे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَكْشُوف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

голый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খালি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telanjang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entblößt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

むき出しの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가리지 않은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bare
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıplak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nudo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nagi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

голий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezgolit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυμνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bare

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARE»

The term «bare» is very widely used and occupies the 6.617 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bare
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bare» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bare» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bare

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10 QUOTES WITH «BARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bare.
1
Tori Amos
I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.
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Ivo Andric
Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.
3
Jacques Audiard
If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's what creates excitement.
4
Hugo Black
The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.
5
Honor Blackman
There have been plenty of very bare hotels with couples humping next door. I don't stay in very grand hotels.
6
Kurt Braunohler
It is an intern's job to go for coffee for anyone who asks, preferably delivering it scalding hot and cupped in your bare hands!
7
Joe Bob Briggs
Everything changed in Bosnia, when General Wesley Clark proved that you could fight a war with high- level precision air strikes and a bare minimum of ground action.
8
Octavia E. Butler
When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away.
9
Richard H. Davis
I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again.
10
Lou Doillon
Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare! It's very strange. Acting seems much easier, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here, you are taking everything off.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARE»

Discover the use of bare in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bare and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bride Stripped Bare: A Novel
A woman disappears, leaving behind an incendiary diary chronicling a journey of sexual awakening.
Nikki Gemmell, 2012
2
Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights ...
The founder of CORE recounts the evolution of the civil rights movement and documents previous conditions
James Farmer, 1985
3
Bare Bones: A Novel
Her plans for a romantic vacation interrupted by the discoveries of two murdered bodies and a small plane crash, Tempe Brennan traces leads to an isolated North Carolina farm, where she receives assistance from canine companion Boyd and an ...
Kathy Reichs, 2004
4
Laid Bare
It’s been ten years since clean-cut, sexy-as-hell police officer Todd Keenan had a white-hot fling with wild, uninhibited rocker Erin Brown.
Lauren Dane, 2009
5
The Bare Essentials: Form B
The seventh edition of Bare Essentials: Form B continues to build on the tradition of accessible information written in an engaging manner by explaining and illustrating the essential elements of effective writing: grammar, punctuation, ...
Sarah Norton, Brian Green, 2010
6
Laid Bare: One man's story of sex, love and other disorders
Next time, if he pays attention, he might just get it right. PRAISE for LAID BARE 'A great book' Australian Penthouse 'X-rated, honest and compelling, this is a must-read for any man dating online.' Men's Health 'Raw as hell.
Jesse Fink, 2012
7
Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur
Combining invaluable advice with remarkable, and candid stories of Virgin's greatest achievements, as well as some of its setbacks, this is a dynamic, inspirational, and truly original guide.
Richard Branson, 2011
8
Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials
This book translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence.
Geoffrey R. Norman, David L. Streiner, 2008
9
Jane Eyre Laid Bare
When an eager and curious Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall her sexual desires are instantly awakened.
Eve Sinclair, 2012
10
Bare Knuckle Selling: Knockout Sales Tactics They Won't ...
Written by a sales veteran with a track record spanning millions of dollars in sealed deals, this book blends the best psychological, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and classical persuasion techniques with a street-wise, gritty success ...
Simon Hazeldine, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bare is used in the context of the following news items.
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Amazon finally releases Cloud Drive mobile apps, but they're bare
Amazon is inching closer to having a complete cloud storage solution with new Cloud Drive apps for iOS and Android. The new apps allow ... «PCWorld, Jul 15»
2
Premiere: Sofie Letitre - 'Bare'
... sessions have spawned a new EP. 'Bare' is forthcoming on Division Recordings, but Clash is able to trail this release by unveiling the video for the title track. «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Kevin Love shows off bare physique in ESPN's Body Issue 2015
NBS star Kevin Love talked to Good Morning America's Mara Schiavocampo about the experience of showing off his bare physique for ESPN's ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
TV actors who dared to bare it all
On being asked if he did special preparation for it he says, "I was off salt and water for two days to look lean for the photo shoot. The effort was worth it after all". «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
White Southern hate, stripped bare for all to see
White Southern hate, stripped bare for all to see EnlargeBree Newsome of Charlotte, N.C., removes the Confederate battle flag at a ... «Salon, Jul 15»
6
Montreal cyclists bare all for World Naked Bike Ride
Nude participants take part in the Montreal World Naked Bike Ride at Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal on Sunday, July 5, 2015. «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Condom Packet Size Euro-Row Laid Bare By UK Business …
... erection campaign is pitting Swedes against the French and Italians, but Javid is standing up proudly for Britain, as the video below lays bare. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Bare on the beam: Jewish Olympic gold medal gymnast goes nude …
Aly Raisman bares all as the cover girl for ESPN's last "Body Issue." (ESPN The Magazine/Mark Seliger). More >. Create alert for London ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»
9
Bailout referendum lays bare deep schisms among beleaguered …
ATHENS - Pangiotis Smailis paused from his lunch and cleared his throat with a swig of bitter retsina wine. The patrons seated around him on ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
10
Watchdog: Celebrating the unsung hero who stopped Jack Ruby …
Watchdog: Celebrating the unsung hero who stopped Jack Ruby with his bare hands. 1/3. File Photo/Staff. For a 1988 photo, Detective L.C. ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

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