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Spell Bee Word: Bare


What does bare mean?

Word: Bare

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Bare means with nothing on it or over it. Bare feet have no shoes or socks on them.

Synonyms: empty

Sounds like: bear (a big furry wild animal; also, to carry or put up with something)

How do you spell bare?

Syllables: bare

Tricky part: It sounds just like bear, the animal, so think about the meaning before you write it.

Watch out for: baire, beare

Memory tip: The animal bear has an ear in it, and bears do have ears. Bare, with nothing on it, has no ear inside.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the bare minimum: The smallest amount that is needed. Example: "He did the bare minimum of homework and went out to play."

Bare in a sentence

Example 1: We walked on the beach with bare feet.

Example 2: The walls of our new classroom were bare until we put up our paintings.

Example 3: By the end of the week, the kitchen shelves were bare.

Fun Fact

In the 1967 film The Jungle Book, Baloo the bear sings a song called The Bare Necessities - a bear singing about bare things.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bayr
b) bare
c) bair
d) baer

Show answer

b) bare. Bare ends in are, like care.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

bare

a) simple
b) open
c) covered
d) plain

Show answer

c) covered. Something covered has a layer on it, so it is not bare.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

baare

a) e
b) b
c) a
d) r

Show answer

c) a. Bare has just one a, so the second a goes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Look at these trees. Which one is bare?

a) a tree full of fruit
b) a tree with a nest
c) a tree in flower
d) a tree with no leaves

Show answer

d) a tree with no leaves

2. A bare room has ____.

a) a few small chairs
b) no furniture at all
c) toys all over the floor
d) lots of people inside

Show answer

b) no furniture at all

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: empty, also

More words from this list

classify, enemy, grease, kiwi, octopus, river, vulture, backpack

Next steps

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