(MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
Having no decoration.
Having no supplies.
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Naked, uncovered.
Not insured.
Threadbare, very worn.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
adv
(MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
(dialect) Barely.
noun
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
Surface; body; substance.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense of bear
(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
bear
bear
adj
(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
noun
(CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
(colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
(cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
(engineering) A portable punching machine.
(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
(obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
verb
(chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
(intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
(intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
(intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
(intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
(now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
(reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
(transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
(transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
(transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
(transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
(transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
(transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
(transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
(transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
(transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
(transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
(transitive, of garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.) To wear.
(transitive, of weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
(transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
(transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
(transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
brae
brae
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.