bare

BARE, adjective [This word is from opening, separating, stripping.]1. Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare 2. With the head uncovered, from respect.3. Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners.4. Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed.5. Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished.I have made Esau bare Jer.xlix.6. Alone; unaccompanied.7. Thread-bare; much worn.8. Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments.Under bare poles, at sea, signifies having no sail set.It is often followed by of; as, the country is bare of money.BARE, verb transitive [See bare adj.]To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast.BARE, the old preterit of bear, now bore