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Definition of bare verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

bare

 verb
verb
NAmE//bɛr//
 
bare somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bare
 
 he / she / it bares
 
 past simple bared
 
 -ing form baring
 
 
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  • to remove the covering from something, especially from part of the body She was paid several thousand dollars to bare all (= take all her clothes off) for the magazine.
    • Idioms
    bare your soul (to somebody)
     
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    to tell someone your deepest and most private feelings
    bare your teeth
     
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    to show your teeth in an aggressive and threatening way The dog bared its teeth and growled.
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