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bald

  [bawld]
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–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.
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)
7. to become bald.
–noun
8. (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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME ball(e)d, equiv. to ball white spot (cf. Welsh bal, Gk phaliós having a white spot) + -ed -ed 3

Related forms:
baldish, adjective
baldly, adverb
baldness, noun

Synonyms:
4. bare, barefaced, flagrant, patent, utter, out-and-out, downright, flat-out.
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bald   (bôld)   
adj.   bald·er, bald·est

  1. Lacking hair on the head.

  2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.

  3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.

  4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

  5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

  6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.


[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball1.]
bald'ly adv., bald'ness n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bald
Pronunciation: 'bold
Function: adjective
: lacking all or a significant part of the hair on the head or sometimes on other parts of the body —bald intransitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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bald (bôld)
adj. bald·er, bald·est
Lacking hair on the head.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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