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 …

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)

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

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

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

Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected.