Lexic.us

Definition of Bald

1. Adjective. With no effort to conceal. "A barefaced lie"

2. Verb. Grow bald; lose hair on one's head. "They bald "; "He is balding already"

3. Adjective. Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp. "A bald-headed gentleman"

4. Adjective. Without the natural or usual covering. "Bare hills"

Definition of Bald

1. 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.

Definition of Bald

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

2. Adjective. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a statement: empirically unsupported. ¹

4. Noun. (Appalachian) 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. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) to become bald ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bald

1. lacking hair [adj BALDER, BALDEST] / to become bald [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bald

Medical Definition of Bald

1. 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." (Wordsworth) 2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. "In the preface to his own bald translation." (Dryden) 3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." 4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. 5. Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. 6. Destitute of the natural covering. Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. Bald buzzard, a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. Origin: OE. Balled, ballid, perh. The p.p. Of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. But cf. W. Bali whiteness in a horse's forehead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bald

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balconies balcony bra balcony bras balconylike bald (current term) bald-faced bald-faced hornet bald-headed bald-pated bald as a coot

bald cypress bald eagle bald eagles bald earn bald erne bald patch bald patches bald tongue bald wig

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