Naked; without covering: as, bare arms; the trees are bare.With the head uncovered.Open to view; unconcealed; undisguised.Lacking in appropriate covering or equipment; unfurnished: as, bare walls.Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish.Threadless; napless.Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished; unprovided with what is necessary or comfortable: absolutely or with of.Empty; valueless; paltry; worthless.Mere; scarcely or just sufficient: as, the bare necessaries of life; a bare subsistence.Unaccompanied; without addition; simple.Unadorned; without literary or artistic effect; bald; meager.In beer-making, not completely covered by the bubbles formed in fermentation: said of the surface of beer.Raw; excoriated.Lean; spare.The uncovered or unhidden surface; the body; the substance.To make bare; uncover; divest of covering: as, to bare one's head or one's breast.To disclose; make manifest; lay bare: as, to bare the secrets of the grave.Old preterit of bear.n. That part of a clapboard, roof-slate, or the like, which is exposed to the weather when the roof is complete, as distinguished from the lap.