There is considerable confusion between the verbs bear and bare. It may help to remember that the verb bare has only one meaning: "to uncover," as in " bare your shoulders" and "a dog baring its teeth."

BARE definition: without covering or clothing; naked; nude. See examples of bare used in a sentence.

Idiom bare naked (Definition of bare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. To make bare; uncover or reveal: bared their heads; baring secrets. 2. To expose: The dog bared its teeth.

If a room, cupboard, or shelf is bare, it is empty. His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes.

Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected. Bare, the least powerful in connotation of the three, means lack of expected or usual coverings, furnishings, or …

Bare definition: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked.