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unbare

unbare verb: to lay bare; to expose.

Verb

unbare (third-person singular simple present unbares, present participle unbaring, simple past and past participle unbared)

  1. (transitive) To lay bare; to expose.
    • When iron-stone is found near the surface, it is only necessary to unbare the soil and the super-incumbent earths: the stone then presents itself like a pavement more or less inclined, and is easily raised by the application of wedges, bars, &c.1840, David Mushet, Papers on Iron and Steel, practical and experimental
    Synonyms:
    strip, uncover

Synonyms of unbare

Forms of unbare

third-person singular presentunbares
present participleunbaring
past participleunbared
pastunbared

Origin of unbare

From un- + bare.

Questions about unbare

What does unbare mean?
Unbare means to lay bare; to expose.
What part of speech is unbare?
Unbare is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbare?
The past tense of unbare is unbared.

Words near unbare in the dictionary

  1. unbarbed
  2. unbarbered
  3. unbarbing
  4. unbarbs
  5. unbarcoded
  6. unbare
  7. unbared
  8. unbares
  9. unbargainable
  10. unbargained-for
  11. unbaring

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