adjective
He stood completely bare in the middle of the room
The bare facts point to him as the culprit
The landlord entered and found a bare flat - the tenants had done a moonlight flit
After the storm the trees were entirely bare of foliage. The hurricane began blowing in earnest, and the little ketch was driving forward under bare poles
For years we scraped by with only the bare necessities of life
verb
The torrential rain had washed away the soil, baring the clay and rock beneath. He tore off his shirt, baring his hairy chest
Because of the way he had treated her, she decided to bare his secrets to the police. Benson bares his soul in his book
The autumn winds bared all the trees in the arboretum
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