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 →

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 →
• She ran out with her little bare feet. (The Pink Fairy Book) tree →
• Never mind if you leave the palace bare.’ (The Pink Fairy Book) tree →

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.
• A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.
• Film sets are built to look real only from where the camera points; behind, they are often bare wood.
• Baby hares are born furry with open eyes and can hop soon after birth, while baby rabbits are born bare and blind underground.
• A spider monkey's tail grips a branch like a fifth hand, with ridged bare skin on the tip like a fingerprint.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.