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adjective

1. Without the usual covering: bald, naked, nude. See put on/take off.
2. Not wearing any clothes: au naturel, naked, nude, unclad. Chiefly British starkers. Idioms: in one's birthday suit, in thealtogetherbuffraw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked, without a stitch. See put on/take off, show/hide.
3. Containing nothing: blank, clear, empty, vacant, vacuous, void. See full/empty/capacity.
4. Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bald, dry, plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished. See plain/fancy.
5. Just sufficient: scant. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

verb

1. To make bare: denude, disrobe, divest, expose, strip, uncover. See put on/take off.
2. To make visible; bring to view: disclose, display, expose, reveal, show, unclothe, uncover, unmask, unveil. Archaic discover. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See show/hide.

adj

Definition: simple, unadorned
Antonyms: adorned, decorated

adj

Definition: without clothing
Antonyms: clothed, robed

adj

Definition: without content
Antonyms: covered, filled, full

v

Definition: reveal
Antonyms: cloak, hide, secret

Descriptive of a piece of material which is smaller than the specified dimensions; scant.

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IN BRIEF: adj.- Not having a protective covering; Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. — Kahlil Gibran, Source: The Prophet

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bar, blottet, nøgen
v. tr. - blotte, vise

idioms:

• bare bones    de bare knogler, skind og ben
• bare one's head    blotte sit ansigt
• bare the soul    blotlægge sin sjæl
• the bare bones    de bare knogler, skind og ben
• with bare hands    med de bare næver

Nederlands (Dutch)
kaal, naakt, enkel, schaars, ontbloten, blootleggen, ontdoen

Français (French)
adj. - pelé, dénudé, dépouillé, (Élec) dénudé, à nu, dépouillé de sa végétation (un jardin), dépouillé (un style), tout juste, à peine, faible, sec
v. tr. - se découvrir, mettre à nu, dégainer, tirer du fourreau (épée), (Élec) dénuder

idioms:

• bare bones    (réduire qch) à sa plus simple expression
• bare one's head    se découvrir la tête
• bare one's soul    mettre son c¯ur à nu
• the bare bones    l'essentiel, les grandes lignes
• with one's bare hands    à mains nues

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kahl, nackt, leer, gering
v. - entblößen

idioms:

• bare bones    wesentliche Punkte
• bare one's head    sein Kopf offenbaren
• bare one's soul    sein Herz ausschütten
• the bare bones    die wesentlichen Punkte, Grundzüge
• with one's bare hands    mit bloßen Händen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γυμνός, αποψιλωμένος, ακάλυπτος, άδειος, ελάχιστος, στοιχειώδης, απέριττος, απροκάλυπτος
v. - (απο)γυμνώνω, ξεσκεπάζω, αποκαλύπτω

idioms:

• bare bones    κοκαλιάρης, αποσκελετωμένος
• bare one's head    αποκαλύπτομαι, βγάζω το καπέλο
• bare the soul    ανοίγω την καρδιά μου
• the bare bones    τα απολύτως ουσιώδη
• with bare hands    με τα ίδια μου τα χέρια (χωρίς όπλο)

Italiano (Italian)
nudo

idioms:

• bare bones    pelle e ossa
• bare the soul    aprirsi senza riserve
• with bare hands    a mani nude

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - descoberto, desmobiliado, puído
v. - descobrir

idioms:

• bare bones    pessoa (f) esquelética (coloq.), esqueleto (m)
• bare one's head    tirar o chapéu em sinal de respeito
• bare the soul    abrir-se
• lay bare    revelar, despir, falar honestamente
• with bare hands    desarmado

Русский (Russian)
голый, непокрытый, пустой, всего-навсего

idioms:

• bare bones    худой, минимум
• bare one's head    снять шляпу
• bare the soul    открыть душу
• lay bare    вскрывать, раскрывать, вынести на всеобщее обозрение
• with bare hands    голыми руками

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desnudo, pelado, desprovisto de vegetación, descubierto, descalzo, raso, raído, vacío, simple, escueto, conciso
v. tr. - desnudar, pelar, descubrir, vaciar

idioms:

• bare bones    detalles esenciales, elementos básicos
• bare one's head    descubrirse
• bare one's soul    desnudar el alma
• the bare bones    el meollo, lo esencial
• with one's bare hands    con sus propias manos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bar, naken, kal, fattig, tom, utblottad
v. - göra kal, blotta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赤裸的, 无遮蔽的, 极少的, 使赤裸, 揭露, 露出, 透露

idioms:

• bare bones    梗概, 不加渲染的, 本质
• bare one's head    脱帽致敬
• bare the soul    诉衷情
• the bare bones    极简单的, 最基本的
• with bare hands    以空手的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 赤裸的, 無遮蔽的, 極少的
v. tr. - 使赤裸, 揭露, 露出, 透露

idioms:

• bare bones    梗概, 不加渲染的, 本質
• bare one's head    脫帽致敬
• bare the soul    訴衷情
• the bare bones    極簡單的, 最基本的
• with bare hands    以空手的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 벌거벗은, 덩그런, 부족한
v. tr. - 벌거벗기다, 드러내다, ~을 폭로하다

idioms:

• the bare bones    진상, 골자
• with bare hands    맨손으로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裸の, からの, ない, かろうじての, ただそれだけの, ありのままの, 擦り切れた
v. - 裸にする, 明るみに出す, 抜く

idioms:

• bare bones    骨子
• bare one's head    脱帽する
• bare the soul    心中を打ち明ける
• the bare bones    骨子
• with bare hands    素手で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عار, مكشوف, سافر, مجرد (فعل) عرى, كشف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשוף, ערום, בקושי, מצומצם, ריק, גלוי, גרידא‬
v. tr. - ‮חשף, גילה‬

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