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# bare

«bare» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **uncovered; empty** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

uncovered; empty

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Without covering, or with nothing left in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today "bare" means uncovered. The sentences use the same meaning, so the old sense (bore, carried, gave birth) does not appear.

### examples

- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. (Torah NUM.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x1)
- She ran out with her little bare feet. (The Pink Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x2)
- Never mind if you leave the palace bare.’ (The Pink Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/#x3)

### primary record

bare

### tests

manual 6; corpora 138 (Torah 1, tales 137, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 2; ratio 3.1 (Torah alone 0.5); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.51/)
- [A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.506/)
- [Film sets are built to look real only from where the camera points; behind, they are often bare wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/22-how-films-are-made-script-crew-sets-editing/12/)
- [Baby hares are born furry with open eyes and can hop soon after birth, while baby rabbits are born bare and blind underground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/7/)
- [A spider monkey's tail grips a branch like a fifth hand, with ridged bare skin on the tip like a fingerprint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/156-the-amazon-canopy/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/bare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.