n. a genus of biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress.
Syn. -- genus Barbarea.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, Oslav. bosŭ barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhās to shine. √85. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With head uncovered; bareheaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. “Uttering bare truth.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. “A bare treasury.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Threadbare; much worn. [ 1913 Webster ]

It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. “The bare necessaries of life.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor are men prevailed upon by bare words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bared(bârd); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring. ] [ AS. barian. See Bare, a. ] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw> adj. completely naked. [ informal ]
Syn. -- in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the absolute minimum necessary. [ PJC ]

a. having only the absolute minimum necessary; having only the essential components. [ PJC ]

adj. wearing no covering for the breasts or featuring such nudity. bare-breasted beauties parading along the beach"
Syn. -- braless, topless. [WordNet 1.5]

a. 1. With the face uncovered; not masked. “You will play barefaced.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious; as, a barefaced lie. “Barefaced treason.” J. Baillie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly; shamelessly. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the feet bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. barége, so called from Baréges, a town in the Pyrenees. ] A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Having bare hands. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the legs bare. bare-legged children on the beach [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Without covering; nakedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without concealment or disguise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Merely; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

R. For now his son is duke.
W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare (of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the neck bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Literally, bare sark or shirt. ] A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + æsthesiometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] 1. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [ Obs. as an English word. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and usually providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. In some cases, the performers dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. The type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{ 2 }. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A beacon. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quinque- + lobate, -ated: cf. F. quinquélobé. ] Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Tabby. ] A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. “A threadbare cope.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being threadbare. [ 1913 Webster ]