English abbreviation dictionary - bare
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~1 adj 1 »WITHOUT CLOTHES« not covered by clothes (Jonathan's bare feet made no sound in the soft sand.) 2 »LAND/TREES« not covered by trees or grass, or not having any leaves (a bare hillside) 3 »ROOMS« empty, not covered by anything, or not having any decorations (This room looks very bare - you need some pictures on the walls.) 4 the bare facts/truth a statement that tells someone only what they need to know, with no additional details (a journalist who is not content to simply record the bare facts) 5 »SMALLEST AMOUNT NECESSARY« only before noun the very least amount of something that you need to do something (He got 40% - a bare pass. | the bare essentials/necessities) (The refugees fled, taking only the bare essentials. | the bare minimum (=the smallest amount possible)) (carrying the bare minimum of equipment | the barest (=the smallest or simplest possible)) (We can provide only the barest outline of the plan.) 6 the bare bones the most important parts or facts of something without any detail (the bare bones of the plan) 7 lay sth bare a) to uncover something that was previously hidden (The excavation laid bare the streets of an ancient city.) b) to reveal something that was secret (The investigation laid bare a million-dollar embezzlement racket.) 8 with your bare hands without using a weapon (He killed her with his bare hands.) - bareness n ~2 v 1 to let something be seen, by removing something that is covering it (The dog bared its teeth.) 2 bare your soul to reveal your most secret feelings ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(barer, barest, bares, baring, bared) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare... She had bare arms and a bare neck. ADJ 2. A bare surface is not covered or decorated with anything. They would have liked bare wooden floors throughout the house. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If a tree or a branch is bare, it has no leaves on it. ...an old, twisted tree, its bark shaggy, many of its limbs brittle and bare. ADJ 4. If a room, cupboard, or shelf is bare, it is empty. His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes... He led me through to a bare, draughty interviewing room. ADJ 5. An area of ground that is bare has no plants growing on it. That’s probably the most bare, bleak, barren and inhospitable island I’ve ever seen. ADJ 6. If someone gives you the bare facts or the barest details of something, they tell you only the most basic and important things. Newspaper reporters were given nothing but the bare facts by the Superintendent in charge of the investigation. = plain ADJ: det ADJ 7. If you talk about the bare minimum or the bare essentials, you mean the very least that is necessary. The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces... These are the bare essentials you’ll need to dress your baby during the first few months. = absolute ADJ: det ADJ 8. Bare is used in front of an amount to emphasize how small it is. Sales are growing for premium wines, but at a bare 2 percent a year. = mere ADJ: a ADJ amount c darkgreen]emphasis 9. If you bare something, you uncover it and show it. (WRITTEN) Walsh bared his teeth in a grin... VERB: V n 10. bare bones: see bone 11. If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools. Police believe the killer punched her to death with his bare hands... Rescuers were...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English b?r; akin to Old High German bar naked, Lithuanian basas ~foot Date: before 12th century 1. a. lacking a natural, usual, or appropriate covering b. (1) lacking clothing ~ feet (2) obsolete ~headed c. lacking any tool or weapon opened the box with his ~ hands 2. open to view ; exposed laying ~ their secrets 3. a. unfurnished or scantily supplied a ~ room b. destitute ~ of all safeguards 4. a. having nothing left over or added the ~ necessities of life b. mere a ~ two hours away c. devoid of amplification or adornment the ~ facts 5. obsolete worthless • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. ~ implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable an apartment with ~ walls. naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness poor half-naked children. nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure a nude model posing for art students. bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous ~ness a bald mountain peak. barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility barren plains. II. transitive verb (~d; baring) Date: before 12th century to make or lay ~ ; uncover III. archaic past of bear ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & v. --adj. 1 (esp. of part of the body) unclothed or uncovered (with bare head). 2 without appropriate covering or contents: a (of a tree) leafless. b unfurnished; empty (bare rooms; the cupboard was bare). c (of a floor) uncarpeted. 3 a undisguised (the bare truth). b unadorned (bare facts). 4 (attrib.) a scanty (a bare majority). b mere (bare necessities). --v.tr. 1 uncover, unsheathe (bared his teeth). 2 reveal (bared his soul). Phrases and idioms bare contract Law a contract lacking a consideration and therefore void unless under seal. bare of without. with one's bare hands without using tools or weapons. Derivatives bareness n. Etymology: OE b{aelig}r, barian f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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прил. 1) едва достаточный 2) малейший, незначительный - bare majority - bare profit - bare subsistence wage ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. нагой, голый; обнаженный bare knees —- голые коленки bare feet, —- босые ноги bare to the waist —- обнаженный (голый) до пояса with one's head bare —- с непокрытой (обнаженной) головой 2. вскрытый, разоблаченный to lay bare —- обнажать, раскрывать, разоблачать he laid bare his heart before her —- от открыл ей душу their plans were laid bare —- их замыслы были раскрыты (разоблачены) 3. голый, непокрытый; пустой bare walls —- голые стены (без картин) bare floor —- пол без ковра bare pate —- голый (лысый) череп bare flank —- воен. открытый (обнаженный) фланг to sleep on bare boards —- спать на голых досках to fight with bare hands —- драться голыми руками (без оружия) the trees are already bare —- листья с деревьев уже облетели the country was eaten bare by locusts —- саранча опустошила поля the dog picked the bone bare —- собака обглодала кость начисто 4. эл. неизолированный, голый 5. (of) лишенный (чего-л.) bare of thought (ideas) —- бедный мыслями bare of fear —- не знающий страха room bare of furniture —- комната без мебели to be bare of credit —- не пользоваться доверием; иметь плохую репутацию 6. неприкрашенный, голый bare dislike —- нескрываемая неприязнь bare facts —- голые факты bare recital of the proceedings —- простое изложение происходившего to tell the bare truth —- сказать чистую правду 7. неподтвержденный, голословный bare excuses —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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possibility малейшая возможность BARE ones head снимать шляпу BARE majority незначительное большинство BARE feet босые ноги BARE 1. adj. 1) голый, обнаженный - bare feet - lay bare 2) пустой; лишенный (of - чего-л.); бедный 3) поношенный 4) неприкрашенный, простой 5) едва достаточный at the bare mention of - при одном упоминании о to believe smth. on smb. s bare word - верить кому-л. на слово - bare majority - in bare outlines 6) малейший - bare possibility 7) electr. неизолированный (as) bare as the palm of ones hand - хоть шаром покати, совершенно пустой in ones bare skin - голый Syn: naked, nude, stripped Ant: clothed, covered, dressed 2. v. обнажать; раскрывать - bare ones head ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. bжr "naked, uncovered," from P.Gmc. *bazaz, from PIE *bhosos. The verb is O.E. barian. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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