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bald

[ bawld ]

adjective

  1. having little or no hair on the scalp:

    a bald head;

    a bald person.

  2. destitute of some natural growth or covering:

    a bald mountain.

  3. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned:

    a bald prose style.

  4. open; undisguised:

    a bald lie.

    Synonyms: flat-out, downright, out-and-out, utter, patent, flagrant, barefaced, bare

  5. Zoology. having white on the head:

    the bald eagle.

  6. Automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become bald.

noun

  1. (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

  1. having no hair or fur, esp (of a man) having no hair on all or most of the scalp
  2. lacking natural growth or covering
  3. plain or blunt

    a bald statement

  4. bare or simple; unadorned
  5. Alsobaldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face
  6. (of a tyre) having a worn tread


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbaldish, adjective
  • ˈbaldly, adverb
  • ˈbaldness, noun

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Other Words From

  • baldish adjective
  • baldly adverb
  • baldness noun
  • half-bald adjective
  • semi·bald adjective
  • semi·baldly adverb
  • semi·baldness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bald1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ball(e)d, equivalent to ball “white spot” (compare Welsh bal, Greek phaliós “having a white spot”) + -ed -ed 3

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bald1

C14 ballede (literally: having a white spot); related to Danish bǣldet , Greek phalaros having a white spot

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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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