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bare handed

bare handed is the simple past and past participle of bare hand.

Meaning of bare hand

Verb

bare hand (third-person singular simple present bare hands, present participle bare handing, simple past and past participle bare handed)

  1. (transitive) To field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.
    • Jones bare hands the bunt and throws to first... out!

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Questions about bare handed

What is bare handed the simple past and past participle of?
Bare handed is the simple past and past participle of bare hand.

Words near bare handed in the dictionary

  1. bare board
  2. bare boards
  3. bare bones
  4. bare essentials
  5. bare hand
  6. bare handed
  7. bare handing
  8. bare hands
  9. bare in mind
  10. bare infinitive
  11. bare infinitives

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