Word a Day
bare
What does bare mean?
bare (adjective): naked, uncovered.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bare in a sentence?
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them? (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce bare?
/bɛɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bare come from?
From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “bare”?
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What does “bare” mean?
regular and even
Not quite: that's what steady means.
united, combined
Not quite: that's what joint means.
physically close
Not quite: that's what near means.
naked, uncovered
Right! That's what “bare” means.
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