Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare.

With the head uncovered, from respect.

Plain; simple; unadorned; without the polish of refined manners.' .

Laid open to view; detected; no longer concealed.

Poor; destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished. I have made Esau bare. Jeremiah 49:10.

Alone; unaccompanied.

Thread-bare; much worn.

Wanting clothes; or ill supplied with garments. Under bare poles, at sea, signifies having no sail set. It is often followed by of; as, the country is bare of money.

To strip off the covering; to make naked; as, to bare the breast.

the old preterit of bear, now bore.