It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning To uncover, as in bare your shoulders and a dog baring its teeth. Bear and bare are homophones, which means they sound alike However, the meanings are quite different “bear with me” or “bare with me”? See examples of bare used in a sentence.
Idiom bare naked (definition of bare from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightgown, and her feet were bare. The dog bared its teeth. Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected Bare, the least powerful in connotation of the three, means lack of expected or usual coverings, furnishings, or embellishments
Bare can be used in many different ways Definition of bare adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The first thing to remember when deciding between bare and bear is that, as a verb, bare has only one meaning, which is “to uncover.” bare can be used for uncovering things both literally and figuratively.
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