Vocabulary
Bare
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered.
Urdu meaning
ننگا، ننگے ہاتھ،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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I HAVE no memory of ever watching a Rambo movie though one did enjoy wrestler-actor Dara Singh taking on the ferocious dragon with bare hands to save the delicate Mumtaz from becoming its meal.
Dawn Editorials —
Pity the poor man`s Rambo
— 2026-04-28
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GCC states` vulnerabilities laid bare in the war will urge them, albeit in the longer run, to mitigate these by evolving new security mechanisms, especially as the GCC`s collective security mechanism came up short.
Dawn Editorials —
The fallout
— 2026-04-20
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Yet the sight of Israeli ministers and politicians openly celebrating the passage of this grim law lays bare something even more disturbing: a political culture in which such cruelty is not merely accepted, but applauded.
Dawn Editorials —
Executing Palestinians
— 2026-04-01
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It lays bare how Trump went into a war of his choosing without thinking through the consequences, much less having a plan to deal with them.
Dawn Editorials —
Lessons from the war
— 2026-03-23
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The breach of the treaty has laid bare its flaws, forcing Pakistanis, especially its decision-makers, to confront why the IWT was created, how it was formed, what truly occurred, and what else happened.
Dawn Editorials —
Myth to malice
— 2026-03-06
Synonyms
naked, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, stripped, with nothing on,
Curator example
“he was bare from the waist up”
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