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adj. not covered by clothing VERBS be He was standing there, completely bare! ADV. completely not containing/covered by anything VERBS be, look | remain | leave sth You shouldn't have left the wires bare. | lay sth, strip sth The earth had been laid bare. The walls have been stripped bare. ADV. very | completely, quite The room was completely bare. | almost, rather | strangely The room looked strangely bare without the furniture. PREP. of The house was almost bare of furniture.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): the bare something
the smallest or least possible. • Bob did the bare minimum of work to pass the class. • Food, clothing, and shelter are the bare necessities of life.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs