1(of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered:he was bare from the waist up she padded in bare feet towards the door without the appropriate, usual, or natural covering:leaf fall had left the trees bare bare floorboards without the appropriate or usual contents:a bare cell with just a mattress (
bare of)
devoid of; without: the interior was bare of plaster
2without addition; basic and simple:he outlined the bare essentials of the story [attributive] only just sufficient:the bare minimum of furniture [attributive] surprisingly small in number or amount:all you need to get started with this program is a bare 10K bytes of memory
uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view:he bared his chest to show his scar