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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.

Zoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle.

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

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verb (used without object)

to become bald.

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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.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ball(e)d, equivalent to ball white spot (compare Welsh bal, Greek phaliós having a white spot) + -ed -ed³

Related forms

bald·ish, adjective

bald·ly, adverb

bald·ness, noun

half-bald, adjective

sem·i·bald, adjective

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sem·i·bald·ly, adverb

sem·i·bald·ness, noun

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Can be confused: bald, balled, bawled.

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

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Example Sentences

And she hadn't told her husband that her head would be bald on his return.

We all age, many of us go bald, there is nothing ugly and unbecoming about being bald.

He was totally bald, although he had buzzed his hair off himself, since he was going to go bald anyway.

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And she hadn't told her husband that her head would be bald on his return.

We all age, many of us go bald, there is nothing ugly and unbecoming about being bald.

He was totally bald, although he had buzzed his hair off himself, since he was going to go bald anyway.

Though brightly colored, the vulture's head and neck are bald.

Bald eagles, which feed on fish, altered their food habits.

The birds had long been kept away by bald eagles, which are highly territorial.

Look closely among the treetops and you'll see others who've come to fish: bald eagles.

Scientists have found a way to grow new hair follicles on your bald bodies using stem cells.

The sun was not up yet, and he was ready to raid the state's only known active bald eagle nest.

Gilman says he is happy to be a fat, bald professor, but he understands that not everyone is so easily satisfied.

They need, it increasingly seems, to conform to certain minimum physical standards: bald pates and paunches are out.

Bald eagles swoop along the towering cliffs, and peregrine falcons hunt over the outer islands.

The bald statement that it is more sensible to tax the rich at a higher rate is none scientific.

Scientists expect a boom in bald eagles, bear and other creatures that gorge on salmon.

The head of a bald eagle flashes white as it catches sunlight high in the trees.

When hair loss occurs, a doctor should also rule out other conditions, especially if the bald spots are in patches.

If you'd wear more of those slinky items, they wouldn't sit all folded up in the cabinet to attract the bald feline.

Although he was prematurely bald he could never shake off a look of invincible innocence.

Bald eagles, osprey, a panoply of duck species and other water birds make frequent appearances.

It is an annual rite that has sustained wildlife ranging from bears to bald eagles.

For decades the country's bald eagle population teetered on the edge of extinction.

The area home to many species of birds, including bald eagles.

Just with a squishy, tennis ball–size bald spot on her backside.

Younger men with bald spots on top of their heads may have reason to protect their hearts as well as cover their scalps.

Bald eagles and ospreys roost in the old cottonwoods that line the gravel shores.

There were remnants of the old cypress swamp, and great blue herons, and bald eagles-lots of them.

We watch for the pair of bald eagles that have lately come to nest in a tall dead oak.

Franklin wished the turkey had been made the national bird, rather than the bald eagle.

If you're a man, shave it all off and do the bald thing for a while.

Grizzly bears, salmon, bald eagles and humpback whales live among its.

Or perhaps not, if they were recessed far enough that they only touch asphalt when the tire is bald and needs replacing anyway.

Not all naturally bald heads are shiny, and not all shiny heads are naturally bald, but all shiny.

The park even has a sanctuary for bald eagles injured in the wild.

They're also relocating golden eagles to the mainland and reintroducing bald eagles, which don't eat foxes.

Bald eagles, black bears, elk and bison have re-established.

Check in at the inn, then wait for a bald eagle to fly past your window.

Then again, he is as stubbly and scruffy as his son, so a razor would be as useless as buying shampoo for a bald man.

Scalia is either a bald faced liar or completely brainwashed.

The male bald eagle brings in a duck for dinner to his mate and two young chicks.

And don't forget about the countless of acres of land bulldozed over for these bald landfills of synthetic human remains.

Find that he suggested the wild turkey as an alternative to the bald eagle.

Haines's chief claim is as the place to be in the autumn to see bald eagles.

Not every bald guy, but certainly ones who recently shaved their flowing locks.

At one time, our nation's symbol-the bald eagle-was near extinction.

The bald spot had been enhanced with tanning cream, compensation for the sudden paleness of my newly shorn dome.

Bald cypress and tupelo trees are often found in southern swamps.

Fresh scars and swelling bald spots showed through what was left of his hair.

None are recognizable, except the one with the bald pate and blond goatee.

Ospreys are sometimes confused with bald eagles, but can be identified by their white underparts.

Others have proposed combing over the ozone layer's bald spot by cannon-firing soot into the stratosphere.

Women face the risk of bald lids and eyes glued shut, all for long lashes.

Tourists looking skyward may catch a glimpse of a bald eagle or a golden eagle.

Sightings of bald eagles, herons, and seals are common.

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World English Dictionary

bald (bɔːld)

—*adj*
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.	Also: baldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face
6.	(of a tyre) having a worn tread

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

'baldish

—*adj*

'baldly

—*adv*

'baldness

—n

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Word Origin & History

bald

c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. -ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal "white patch, blaze" especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, gleam;" see bleach). Cf., from the same root, Skt. bhalam "brightness, forehead,"

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Gk. phalos "white," L. fulcia "coot" (so called for the white patch on its head), Alb. bale "forehead." Bald eagle first attested 1680s.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

bald (bôld)
adj. bald·er, bald·est
Lacking hair on the head.

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