Barefoot

//ˈbɛɹfʊt// adj, adv, name, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing nothing on the feet. not-comparable

    "After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot."

  2. 2
    Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains. informal, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Transmitting without the use of an amplifier. not-comparable, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    without shoes wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Wearing nothing on the feet. not-comparable

    "She likes to go barefoot in the summertime."

  2. 2
    Transmitting without the use of an amplifier. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    without shoes on wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).

Etymology 3

A nickname, from barefoot.

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