bare
verb/beə(r)/
/ber/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bare | /beə(r)/ /ber/ |
| he / she / it bares | /beəz/ /berz/ |
| past simple bared | /beəd/ /berd/ |
| past participle bared | /beəd/ /berd/ |
| -ing form baring | /ˈbeərɪŋ/ /ˈberɪŋ/ |
- bare something to remove something that covers something else, especially from part of the body
- Naturists believe it's healthy and good to bare all (= take all their clothes off).
Word OriginOld English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar.
Idioms
See bare in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybare your soul (to somebody)
- to tell somebody your deepest and most private feelings
bare your teeth
- to show your teeth in an aggressive and threatening way
- The dog bared its teeth and growled.
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