BARED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bared mean? 

• BARED (adjective)
  The adjective BARED has 1 sense:

1. having the head uncovered

  Familiarity information: BARED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the head uncovered

Synonyms:

bared; bareheaded

Context example:

with bared head

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

 Context examples 

We stood in the water to our knees as I bared my head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A most unsociable dog he proved to be, resenting all their advances, refusing to let them lay hands on him, menacing them with bared fangs and bristling hair.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He bared his wrist, and offered it to me: the blood was forsaking his cheek and lips, they were growing livid; I was distressed on all hands.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Later on, when the overtures became more insistent, White Fang bristled and bared his teeth and backed away.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When you bared your arm to draw that fish into the boat I saw that J.A. had been tattooed in the bend of the elbow.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A cold drizzle was falling, but he bared his head to it and unbuttoned his vest, swinging along in splendid unconcern.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I read and reread her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel’s arm bared to drive me from all hope.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

With a mocking smile, he placed one hand upon my shoulder and, holding me tight, bared my throat with the other, saying as he did so, 'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet; it is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

With her pretty hair tucked into a little cap, arms bared to the elbow, and a checked apron which had a coquettish look in spite of the bib, the young housewife fell to work, feeling no doubts about her success, for hadn't she seen Hannah do it hundreds of times?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He came into the garden to meet me half-way, on my going towards the gate; and bared his head, as it was always his custom to do when he saw my aunt, for whom he had a high respect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)