bald

[Bald]

Use the adjective bald to describe someone who has no hair on his head. If your uncle has a smooth, hairless scalp, he's bald.

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Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

Verb
grow bald; lose hair on one''s head; "He is balding already"

Adjective S.
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman"

Adjective S.
without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"

Adjective S.
with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie"


a.
Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

a.
Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

a.
Undisguised.

a.
Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.

a.
Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

a.
Destitute of the natural covering.

a.
Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.


Bald

Bald , a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p.p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. &root;85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
On the bald top of an eminence.
2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
In the preface to his own bald translation.
3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell. 4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.] 5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. 6. (Zo'94l.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. Bald buzzard (Zo'94l.), the fishhawk or osprey. -- Bald coot (Zo'94l.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

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Usage Examples

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.

Women love a self-confident bald man.

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