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- US Pronunciation
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- [bair]
- /bɛər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bair]
- /bɛər/
Definitions of bares word
- adjective bares without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs. 1
- adjective bares without the usual furnishings, contents, etc.: bare walls. 1
- adjective bares open to view; unconcealed; undisguised: his bare dislike of neckties. 1
- adjective bares unadorned; bald; plain: the bare facts. 1
- adjective bares (of cloth) napless or threadbare. 1
- adjective bares scarcely or just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities of life. 1
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Origin of bares
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 Bares
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bares 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bares usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with bares
- when the foeman bares his steel?