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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.
EXPANDZoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle.
6.
COLLAPSEAutomotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
verb (used without object)
7.
to become bald.
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Baldest
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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; Middle English ball(e)d, equivalent to ball white spot (compare Welsh bal, Greek phaliós having a white spot) + -ed -ed3
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
EXPANDSynonyms
4. bare, barefaced, flagrant, patent, utter, out-and-out, downright, flat-out.
4. bare, barefaced, flagrant, patent, utter, out-and-out, downright, flat-out.
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Etymonline
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,"
EXPANDGk. phalos "white," L. fulcia "coot" (so called for the white patch on its head), Alb. bale "forehead." Bald eagle first attested 1680s.
COLLAPSE
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bald (bôld)
adj. bald·er, bald·est
Lacking hair on the head.
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