bares
SayBAIRZ/bɛɹz/UK/bɛəz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of bare.
The wolf bares its fangs at any intruder near the den.
She bares her shoulders whenever the weather turns warm.
Note
The -s form belongs to the verb of uncovering, and it runs figurative as readily as literal: a wolf bares its fangs, and a confession bares a secret. Keep it apart from bears, the same sound spelled for the verb bear. An older bare once served as a past tense of bear but is now obsolete. A past tense never takes -s, so bares always means uncovering.
bares is a form of bare
bare, verb: To uncover something hidden, making it open to view; to reveal. Full entry
- Spelling
- bare → bares: add -s
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