Baldening

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of rendering or becoming bald uncountable

    "The sudden baldening of her head wasn't even an acorn in the forest of her abusive background, which featured her being abandoned by her light-skinned family because she was born dark-skinned."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of balden form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"The sudden baldening of her head wasn't even an acorn in the forest of her abusive background, which featured her being abandoned by her light-skinned family because she was born dark-skinned."

Etymology

From balden + -ing.

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