Bare and Cover

Bare

Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long

Cover is an antonym for bare in reveal topic.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Cover

Cover verb - To place a protective layer over.
Usage example: better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer

Bare is an antonym for cover.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Common collocations

faces bare faces cover faces
scars bare scars cover scars
nipples bare nipples cover nipples

Both words in one sentence

  • Contemptible Cover In one episode, he is made to pose for a cover photo, dressed like an adventure hero in khaki, including a shirt revealing a lot of bare chest.
  • Our Mermaids Are Different In her natural form, she's a Cute Monster Girl with webbed hands, long and pointy fins instead of ears, highly-visible gills over her ribcage, and Godiva Hair to cover her bare Non-Mammal Mammaries.
  • Literature / Destined to Lead Bare Your Midriff is also slightly justified- Mysterium has two suns.Tropes: Animesque: The cover art.
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