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Bald

//bɑːld// adj, name, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

    "My uncle is bald."

  2. 2
    Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head. specifically

    "a bald man with a moustache"

  3. 3
    Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
  4. 4
    Denuded of any covering. broadly

    "The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter."

  5. 5
    Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
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  1. 6
    Of a statement or account, unembellished.

    "Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy."

  2. 7
    Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

    "The plaintiff in this case must satisfy the judge that she has visible means, the mere bald statement that she has visible means is not suflicient."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking hair on all or most of the scalp wordnet
  2. 2
    without the natural or usual covering wordnet
  3. 3
    with no effort to conceal wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Appalachia
  2. 2
    A bald person. uncommon

    "Brn hair eyes & stache sks same 28-38 for gd times fun frndship & or possibly more near Waltham area no balds drugs queens kinky scenes fats or pot smokg."

Verb
  1. 1
    To become bald. intransitive
  2. 2
    grow bald; lose hair on one's head wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).

Etymology 4

* As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Baldo, or related to Baldwin, where the first element is from the root of bold. * As an English and Scottish surname, related to bald.

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