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Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.

In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.

Without nap; threadbare. Shak.

Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. Dryden.

With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped.

So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.

The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.

Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

A bare, naked contract, without any consideration. Tomlins.

United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, for…

To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or upon. I have barely quoted... without observing upon it. Pope.

In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden.

Bareheaded. [Obs.]

vents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. Sir W. Scott.

long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior. Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear. Shak.

Uppermost; outermost. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

ies of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.

A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. The pavilion of heaven is bare. Shelley.

Having the pile worn off; threadbare.