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bald
[ bawld ]
adjective
- having little or no hair on the scalp:
a bald head;
a bald person.
- destitute of some natural growth or covering:
a bald mountain.
- lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned:
a bald prose style.
- open; undisguised:
a bald lie.
Synonyms: flat-out, downright, out-and-out, utter, patent, flagrant, barefaced, bare
- Zoology. having white on the head:
the bald eagle.
- Automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
verb (used without object)
- to become bald.
noun
- (often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
bald
/ bɔːld /
adjective
- having no hair or fur, esp (of a man) having no hair on all or most of the scalp
- lacking natural growth or covering
- plain or blunt
a bald statement
- bare or simple; unadorned
- Alsobaldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face
- (of a tyre) having a worn tread
Derived Forms
- ˈbaldly, adverb
- ˈbaldish, adjective
- ˈbaldness, noun
Other Words From
- baldish adjective
- baldly adverb
- baldness noun
- half-bald adjective
- semi·bald adjective
- semi·baldly adverb
- semi·baldness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bald1
Example Sentences
“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
He was a large man, totally bald, with the rough hands of a peasant.
And sitting down is a bald man who looks like Hank from Breaking Bad.
Director Dan Reed, a tall, bald-headed Brit, landed in Nairobi soon after the attack.
Omran, who was 17 at the time, was completely bald, weak, and as frail as a burnt match.
Though the amount played for is serious, a good deal of rather bald conversation and chaff goes on.
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
As observation widens and grows finer, the first bald representation becomes fuller and more life-like.
She wondered if he would take his youth in his bald-headed season, like the self-made American millionaire.
The future Emperor saw at a glance that this small, stout, bald-headed young man had qualities which few others possessed.
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