What part of speech is bare?

Bare can be categorized as an adjective and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bare is a verb, present, 1st person singular of bare (infinitive).
  • 2. bare is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. bare is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • bare
    barely 
  • adjective: bare
  • adverb: barely 

What does bare mean?

Definitions

Adjective

bare - completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
bare - providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
bare - lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"
bare - lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
bare - having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
bare - lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
bare - apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
bare - just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
bare - not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
bare - lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

Adverb

bare - Very; significantly.
bare - Barely.
bare - Without a condom.

Verb

bare - lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
bare - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
bare - lay bare; "denude a forest"

Noun

bare - The surface, the bare skin.

Examples of bare

#   Sentence  
1. verb Bare your breasts.
2. verb Bare your feelings.
3. verb I was experiencing severe back pain to the point I could barely walk or even bare to sit.
4. adj. Bare bodies.
5. adj. Bare rocky hills.
6. adj. A bare hill.
7. adj. Bare feet.
8. adj. A bare livelihood.
9. adj. The bare walls.
10. adj. The cupboard was bare.
11. adj. Bare wood.
12. adj. Only the bare facts.
13. adj. A bare majority.
14. adj. A bare blade.
15. adj. They track poop everywhere (most disgustingly my bed....), and am constantly trying to climb up everything, including my bare legs!
16. adj. A bare word of criticism makes her nervous.
17. adj. It won't be long before the trees are bare.
18. adj. That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.
Sentence  
verb
Bare your breasts.
Bare your feelings.
I was experiencing severe back pain to the point I could barely walk or even bare to sit.
adj.
Bare bodies.
Bare rocky hills.
A bare hill.
Bare feet.
A bare livelihood.
The bare walls.
The cupboard was bare.
Bare wood.
Only the bare facts.
A bare majority.
A bare blade.
They track poop everywhere (most disgustingly my bed....), and am constantly trying to climb up everything, including my bare legs!
A bare word of criticism makes her nervous.
It won't be long before the trees are bare.
That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.

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