barest

From bare + -est.

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barest

1. superlative form of bare: most bare
   • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:

     In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".

barest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of bare
2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of bear

• Baster, Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, baster, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers

barest

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of bar