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9 VERB If you bare something, you uncover it and show it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n] Walsh bared his teeth in a grin.

10bare bones → see bone

11 PHRASE If someone does something with their bare hands , they do it without using any weapons or tools. □  Police believe the killer punched her to death with his bare hands. □  Rescuers were using their bare hands to reach the trapped miners.

12 PHRASE If you lay something bare , you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen. □  The clearing out of disused workshops laid bare thousands of Italianate glazed tiles.

13 PHRASE If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them. □  No one wants to expose themselves, lay their feelings bare.

bare|back /beə ^r bæk/ ADV [ADV after v] If you ride bareback , you ride a horse without a saddle. □  I rode bareback to the paddock. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Bareback is also an adjective. □  She dreamed of being a bareback rider in a circus.

ba re-fa ced also barefaced ADJ [ADJ n] You use bare-faced to describe someone's behaviour when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly. [EMPHASIS ] □  What bare-faced cheek! □  …crooked politicians who tell bare-faced lies.

bare|foot /beə ^r fʊt/ also barefooted ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ after v, ADJ n] Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet. □  I wore a white dress and was barefoot. □  …shivering with cold and barefooted.

bare|headed /beə ^r he d I d/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ , ADJ after v] Someone who is bareheaded is not wearing a hat or any other covering on their head. □  He was bareheaded in the rain. □  I rode bareheaded.

bare|ly ◆◇◇ /beə ^r li/

1 ADV [ADV before v] You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case. □  Anastasia could barely remember the ride to the hospital. □  It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room. □  His voice was barely audible.

2 ADV [ADV before v] If you say that one thing had barely happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. □  The Boeing 767 had barely taxied to a halt before its doors were flung open. SYNONYMS barely ADV 1

only just:The signs of an economic revival are only just beginning.

scarcely:He could scarcely breathe.

barf /bɑː ^r f/ (barfs , barfing , barfed ) VERB If someone barfs , they vomit. [INFORMAL ]

bar|fly /bɑː ^r fla I / (barflies ) N‑COUNT A barfly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in bars [AM , INFORMAL ]

bar|gain ◆◇◇ /bɑː ^r g I n/ (bargains , bargaining , bargained )

1 N‑COUNT Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal. □  At this price the wine is a bargain.

2 N‑COUNT A bargain is an agreement, especially a formal business agreement, in which two people or groups agree what each of them will do, pay, or receive. □  I'll make a bargain with you. I'll play hostess if you'll include Matthew in your guest-list. □  The treaty was based on a bargain between the French and German governments.