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- [bair]
- /bɛər/
- /ˈbɛənɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bair]
- /bɛər/
Definitions of bareness word
- adjective bareness without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs. 1
- adjective bareness without the usual furnishings, contents, etc.: bare walls. 1
- adjective bareness open to view; unconcealed; undisguised: his bare dislike of neckties. 1
- adjective bareness unadorned; bald; plain: the bare facts. 1
- adjective bareness (of cloth) napless or threadbare. 1
- adjective bareness scarcely or just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities of life. 1
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Origin of bareness
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English bær; cognate with Old Frisian ber, Dutch baar, Old Saxon, Old High German, German bar, Old Norse berr, Lithuanian bãsas barefoot, Russian bos; akin to Armenian bok naked
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Parts of speech for Bareness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bareness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
bareness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bareness
noun bareness
- half-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
- nudity — the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
- dishabille — the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
- stark — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
Antonyms for bareness
noun bareness
- clothed — If you are clothed in a certain way, you are dressed in that way.
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