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Bareness

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Noun

1. bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness

a bleak and desolate atmosphere

Example Sentences:
'the nakedness of the landscape'

2. bareness

the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)

3. bareness, starkness

an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

Example Sentences:
'I was struck by the starkness of my father's room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bareness

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adjective
1. 
unclothed; exposed: used esp of a part of the body
2. 
without the natural, conventional, or usual covering or clothing
a bare tree
3. 
lacking appropriate furnishings, etc
a bare room
4. 
unembellished; simple
the bare facts
5. (prenomial)
just sufficient; mere
he earned the bare minimum
6.  with one's bare hands
verb
7. (transitive)
to make bare; uncover; reveal
verb
archaic a past tense of bear1

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Bareness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈbarer or ˈbarest
1. 
a. 
without the natural or customary covering
bare wooden floors
b. 
without clothing; naked
bare legs
2. 
without equipment, supplies, or furnishings; empty
a bare room, a bare larder
3. 
without embellishment; unadorned; simple; plain
the bare facts
4. 
without tools or weapons
obsolete except in bare hands
5. 
threadbare
6. 
no more than; mere
a bare subsistence wage
verb transitiveWord forms: bared or ˈbaring
7. 
to make bare; uncover; strip; expose
verb transitive, verb intransitive
archaic pt. of
bear1

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bareness

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adj. bar·er, bar·est
1. Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked: a bare arm.
2. Exposed to view; undisguised: bare fangs.
3. Lacking the usual furnishings, equipment, or decoration: bare walls.
4. Having no addition, adornment, or qualification: the bare facts.
5. Just sufficient; mere: the bare necessities.
6. Obsolete Bareheaded.
tr.v. bared, bar·ing, bares
1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets.
2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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