Bare baked crunchy apple chips

To save this word, you’ll need to log bare baked crunchy apple chips. 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. All other uses refer to the state of being uncovered or naked and should therefore be bare: “bare necessities,” “bare essentials,” “bare arms,” “bare bones,” “bare-knuckle,” and so on. There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare. Do not let the bare wires touch.

He covered her bare arms with his coat. He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare. The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years. There was only one bare shelf. Her office was pretty bare, having only one desk and one chair.