bare skin
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- noun
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piel desnuda
- She applied sunscreen to her bare skin to protect herself from sunburn.
- rubbing her bare skin
- touch the bare skin
- air on bare skin
So wear it on bare skin, wear it on top of makeup.
- So wear it on bare skin, wear it on top of makeup.
- And you can use it bare on bare skin if you wish.
- Well, I mean, bro, if I smack a bear, if I if my hand makes contact with bare skin, I'm fucking breaking blood vessels.
- I don't know what that means but it it says danger do not touch on bare skin.
- First, he detailed how he would pour boiling water on their bare skin along with flaying, stripping, and cutting their flesh before removing their heads.
Examples
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Even touching the plant with bare skin has been known to cause rashes, headaches, and nausea.
Blog text (19) -
The music came in with the sweet, cool breeze that whispered against his bare skin.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I use this on my bare skin sometimes.
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Japanese men have beautiful bare skin.
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So wear it on bare skin, wear it on top of makeup.
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And you can use it bare on bare skin if you wish.
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His hand against her bare skin made a thunking sound.
Fiction book (1997) -
I stood in the open door with a breeze blowing comfortably against my bare skin.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tonight, the rain settles on her bare skin like drops of fresh cooking oil.
Fiction book (1996) -
"His fingertips graze her bare skin, and he feels her rising heat."
Fiction book (1996)
Antonyms
How Exposed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'skin that is not covered' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bare' (exposed, lacking covering) with 'skin' (the body's external covering). This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun bare skin comes from a simple picture: bare means uncovered and skin is the body's surface, so you imagine skin with nothing over it. That's why it means 'skin that is not covered by clothing or anything else'.