bare vs cricket

bare

noun
  • That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. 

  • The surface, the (bare) skin. 

  • Surface; body; substance. 

adv
  • Without a condom. 

  • Barely. 

  • Very; significantly. 

verb
  • To uncover; to reveal. 

adj
  • A lot or lots of. 

  • Having had what usually covers (something) removed. 

  • Having no decoration. 

  • Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. 

  • Threadbare, very worn. 

  • Naked, uncovered. 

  • Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. 

  • Having no supplies. 

  • With head uncovered; bareheaded. 

  • Mere; without embellishment. 

  • Not insured. 

cricket

noun
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

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