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uncovered
Having no cover or protection.
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  1. Having no cover or protection.
  2. Not covered or protected from the weather etc
  3. Having no covering; exposed
naked
Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
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  1. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
  2. Unprotected by scales:
  3. Uncovered; exposed
simple
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
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  1. Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
  2. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:
stark
Clearly distinguished or delineated:
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  1. Clearly distinguished or delineated:
  2. Complete or utter; extreme:
  3. Sharply outlined or prominent
barren
Lacking in liveliness or interest:
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  1. Lacking in liveliness or interest:
  2. Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
  3. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
void
Not occupied; vacant
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  1. Not occupied; vacant
  2. Having no legal force or validity; null:
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:
unfurnished
Having no furniture, especially when available to be rented.
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  1. Having no furniture, especially when available to be rented.
scant
Very little, very few.
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  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
  3. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
meager
Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
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  1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
  2. Having little flesh; lean.
  3. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
insufficient
Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate
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  1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate
  2. Not sufficient; inadequate.
reveal
To expose to view; show; exhibit; display
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  1. To expose to view; show; exhibit; display
  2. To make known (something concealed or unknown):
  3. To cause to be seen; show:
uncover
To remove the cover from:
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  1. To remove the cover from:
  2. To remove the hat from, as in respect or reverence.
  3. To lay bare or open by removing a covering
expose
To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
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  1. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
  2. To lay open (to danger, attack, ridicule, etc.); leave unprotected
  3. To allow to be seen; disclose; reveal; exhibit; display
unveil
To remove a veil or covering from.
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  1. To remove a veil or covering from.
  2. (Intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
  3. To disclose; reveal.
strip
To mount (a photographic positive or negative) on paper to be used in making a printing plate.
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  1. To mount (a photographic positive or negative) on paper to be used in making a printing plate.
  2. To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
  3. To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example).
divulge
(Archaic) To proclaim publicly.
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  1. (Archaic) To proclaim publicly.
  2. To make known (something private or secret).
publish
To issue a publication.
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  1. To issue a publication.
  2. To issue the written work or works of (a particular author)
  3. To issue a book, newspaper, software, recorded music, etc. in an electronic form, as on a CD-ROM or on the Internet
disclose
To bring into view; uncover
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  1. To bring into view; uncover
  2. To reveal; make known; esp., to expose (something secret or not generally known)
  3. To reveal (dental plaque) as by applying a special coloring agent to the teeth
bald
Lacking a natural or usual covering:
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  1. Lacking a natural or usual covering:
  2. Having white fur or feathers on the head, as some animals and birds
  3. Lacking treads:
naked
Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
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  1. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
  2. (Botany) Not enclosed in an ovary:
  3. Unprotected by scales:
nude
Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body:
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  1. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body:
  2. Having no clothing; naked.
  3. Completely unclothed or uncovered; naked; bare
au naturel
Cooked simply.
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  1. Cooked simply.
  2. Nude.
  3. Naked
naked
Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
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  1. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment:
  2. (Botany) Not enclosed in an ovary:
  3. Unprotected by scales:
nude
Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body:
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  1. Permitting or featuring full exposure of the body:
  2. Having no clothing; naked.
  3. Completely unclothed or uncovered; naked; bare
unclad
Without clothing or other covering.
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  1. Without clothing or other covering.
  2. Not clad; wearing no clothes; naked
starkers
Stark-naked.
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  1. Stark-naked.
  2. Insane; crazy
  3. Wearing no clothes; naked
blank
Absolute; complete:
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  1. Absolute; complete:
  2. Having empty spaces to be filled in
  3. Lacking certain elements or characteristics, as a wall without an opening
clear
Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity:
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  1. Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity:
  2. Containing nothing:
  3. Easily perceptible to the eye or ear; distinct:
empty
Devoid; destitute:
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  1. Devoid; destitute:
  2. Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing:
  3. Not put to purposeful use; idle:
vacant
Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled:
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  1. Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled:
  2. Containing nothing; empty:
  3. Not occupied or put to use:
vacuous
Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle:
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  1. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle:
  2. (Archaic) Devoid of matter; empty:
  3. Characterized by lack of purpose, of profitable employment, etc.; idle
void
Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
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  1. Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
  2. Completely lacking; devoid:
  3. Containing no matter; empty.
bald
Not covered by natural growth
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  1. Not covered by natural growth
  2. Lacking a natural or usual covering:
  3. Bare; plain; unadorned
dry
Constructed without mortar or cement:
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  1. Constructed without mortar or cement:
  2. Having or characterized by little or no rain:
  3. Having no adornment or coloration; plain:
plain
Not dyed, twilled, or patterned:
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  1. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned:
  2. Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
  3. Not complicated; simple
simple
Not luxurious or elegant; plain
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  1. Not luxurious or elegant; plain
  2. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:
unvarnished
Pure, natural, unmodified (especially in the phrase "unvarnished truth").
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  1. Pure, natural, unmodified (especially in the phrase "unvarnished truth").
  2. Stated or otherwise presented without any effort to soften or disguise; plain:
  3. Plain; simple; unadorned
scant
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
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  1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
  2. Barely sufficient:
  3. Very little, very few.
denude
To make bare or naked; strip
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  1. To make bare or naked; strip
  2. (--- Geol.) To expose (layers of rock) by erosion, weathering, etc.
  3. To destroy all plant and animal life in (an area)
disrobe
To undress someone or something
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  1. To undress someone or something
  2. (Intransitive) to undress oneself
  3. To remove the clothing or covering from.
divest
To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).
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  1. To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).
  2. To strip of clothing, equipment, etc.
  3. To strip, as of clothes.
expose
To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
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  1. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
  2. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm:
  3. To lay open (to danger, attack, ridicule, etc.); leave unprotected
strip
To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.
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  1. To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.
  2. To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example).
  3. To cut or tear into strips
uncover
To remove the cover from:
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  1. To remove the cover from:
  2. To remove the hat, cap, etc. from (the head), as a conventional gesture of respect
  3. To lay bare or open by removing a covering
disclose
To bring into view; uncover
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  1. To bring into view; uncover
  2. To reveal (dental plaque) as by applying a special coloring agent to the teeth
  3. To reveal; make known; esp., to expose (something secret or not generally known)
display
To be or give evidence of; manifest or reveal:
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  1. To be or give evidence of; manifest or reveal:
  2. To show (images or information) on a screen.
  3. To exhibit ostentatiously; show off:
expose
To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
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  1. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
  2. To allow to be seen; disclose; reveal; exhibit; display
  3. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
reveal
To make known (something concealed or unknown):
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  1. To make known (something concealed or unknown):
  2. To expose to view; show; exhibit; display
  3. To cause to be seen; show:
show
To cause or allow to be seen; display:
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  1. To cause or allow to be seen; display:
  2. (Slang) To make an appearance; show up:
  3. To enter (animals, flowers, etc.) in a competitive show
unclothe
To strip of or as of clothes; uncover; divest
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  1. To strip of or as of clothes; uncover; divest
  2. To remove the clothing or cover from; strip.
uncover
To remove the hat, cap, etc. from (the head), as a conventional gesture of respect
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  1. To remove the hat, cap, etc. from (the head), as a conventional gesture of respect
  2. To remove a cover or coverings
  3. To remove the hat from, as in respect or reverence.
unmask
To take off a mask or disguise
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  1. To take off a mask or disguise
  2. (Intransitive) To remove one's mask.
  3. To appear in true character
unveil
To take off a veil or covering; reveal oneself
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  1. To take off a veil or covering; reveal oneself
  2. To reveal oneself.
  3. (Intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
discover
To learn something about:
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  1. To learn something about:
  2. To notice or learn, especially by making an effort:
  3. To be the first nonnative person to find, come to, or see (a continent, river, etc.)
Find another word for bare. In this page you can discover 86 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bare, like: exposed, uncovered, naked, stripped, unadorned, simple, unornamented, stark, barren, void and unfurnished.

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  • She relaxed and pressed her bare legs into the sand in front of her.

  • Why don't you curl up on the couch and get your bare feet off this cold floor?

  • She rose unsteadily and brushed some of the glass away with her bare foot, near tears.

  • Dean half-felt his way across the parking lot in his bare feet, cursing the pebbles and splashing through ankle-deep puddles at curbside before stumbling into the absolute darkness of the beach-side path.

  • While saying this he never removed his smiling eyes from her face, her neck, and her bare arms.

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