There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in " bare your shoulders" and "a dog …

BARE definition: without covering or clothing; naked; nude. See examples of bare used in a sentence.

Idiom bare naked (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. 2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

Definition of bare adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If a room, cupboard, or shelf is bare, it is empty. His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes.

Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected.

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bare, adj., adv., & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Lacking covering, adornment, or embellishment. "The tree branches were bare, stripped of their leaves during the winter season." It describes a state of being naked, exposed, or stripped of …