barest
adjective
- 1
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
“a bare majority”
- 2
Naked, uncovered.
“I do wonder why keeping my little breasts bare can be lewd even as none tells my brother anything for being bare-chested.”
- 3
Having no supplies.
“The cupboard was bare.”
- 4
Having no decoration.
“The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?”
- 5
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
“The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.”
- 6
(Toronto) A lot or lots of.
“It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.”
- 7
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- 8
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- 9
Mere; without embellishment.
- 10
Threadbare, very worn.
- 11
Not insured.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To uncover; to reveal.
“She bared her teeth at him.”
verb
- 1
To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
“to bear a railroad stock”
verb
- 1
To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
“Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.”
- 2
To support, sustain, or endure.
- 3
To support, keep up, or maintain.
- 4
To press or impinge upon.
- 5
To produce, yield, give birth to.
- 6
(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
“By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.”
- 7
To gain or win.
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