Bare
Bare adjective - Lacking a usual or natural covering.
Usage example: the ground was bare, without a trace of grass
Covered is an antonym for bare in topics: naked, simple, without clothing, without covering or content.
Covered
Covered adjective - Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.
Usage example: covered wagons
Both words in one sentence
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In Constantine, Lucifer appears as a well-dressed man, but his feet are bare and covered in muck.
Source: Footprints of Muck -
The really asymmetrical part, though, is that her pantaloon is on the leg that's usually bare, and her bare leg is the leg that's usually covered by her long stocking.
Source: Fashionable Asymmetry -
Dueling gauntlets made mainly of either plate or mail often had a bare leather palm for the sword hand but a mail-covered palm for the off hand so that it could be used for parrying without a weapon.
Source: Bare-Handed Blade Block
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