{
    "term": "bare",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not covered by any clothes",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She likes to walk around in **bare feet**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wore shabby clothes and their feet were bare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His bare legs were covered in wiry golden hairs."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not covered with leaves; without plants or trees",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The winter sun filtered through the bare branches of the trees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bare mountainside"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We looked out over a bare, open landscape, stripped of vegetation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The windows looked out onto a bare field."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spent a cold night on the bare mountainside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flowers stood out like jewels against the dark, bare soil."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not covered with or protected by anything",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "bare wooden floorboards"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bare wires were sticking out of the cable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The walls were bare except for a clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The only lighting was a bare bulb hanging from the ceiling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The walls have been stripped bare."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "empty",
            "sensetop": "bare of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The fridge was completely bare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bare shelves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house was almost bare of furniture.",
                    "contextForm": "bare of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room looked strangely bare without the furniture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was completely bare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At many stores bare shelves greeted shoppers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They found themselves in a huge bare hall."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["very", "completely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "just enough; the most basic or simple",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The family was short of even the **bare necessities** of life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We only had the **bare essentials** in the way of equipment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He did the **bare minimum** of work but still passed the exam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave me only the bare facts of the case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the barest hint of a smile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing more is known apart from the bare statement issued to the press."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the basic facts",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the bare bones of the story"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that there is no money for something",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show something that was covered or to make something known that was secret",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Every aspect of their private lives has been laid bare."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without tools or weapons",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We pulled the wall down with our bare hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was capable of killing a man with his bare hands."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/beə(r)/",
                "audio": "ba/bare/bare__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ber/",
                "audio": "ba/bare/bare__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar."
}