Bare and Clean

Bare

Bare adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Usage example: do you want to know the bare truth?

Clean is a synonym for bare. In some cases you can use "Clean" instead the word "Bare" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Clean

Clean adjective - Lacking contents that could or should be present.
Usage example: the ship returned with a clean hold

Bare is a synonym for clean in blank topic. Sometimes you can use "Bare" instead an adjective "Clean".

Nearby Words: clear, cleaned, cleanup, clearing, cleanly

Common collocations

scene bare scene clean scene

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / God of War III The QTE to finish off a cyclops is Kratos tearing said cyclops' eye clean out of its socket with his bare hands.
  • Does Not Like Shoes Surprisingly, the dirt on her bare feet is actually depicted at times, versus most fiction where the barefoot character's feet remain sparkly clean.
  • Eating the Eye Candy In the Made-for-TV Movie Vows of Deception, Lucinda (Cheryl Ladd) watches a half - naked Nick (Michael Woolson) clean the pool and admires his sweaty bare chest.
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