Bald
[bɔːld] or [bɔld]
Definition
(verb.) grow bald; lose hair on one's head; 'He is balding already'.
(adj.) lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; 'a bald pate'; 'a bald-headed gentleman' .
(adj.) without the natural or usual covering; 'a bald spot on the lawn'; 'bare hills' .
(adj.) with no effort to conceal; 'a barefaced lie' .
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Without hair (on the head).[2]. Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame.
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Definition
adj. without hair (feathers &c.) on the head (or on other parts of the body): bare unadorned destitute of literary grace: paltry trivial: undisguised.—ns. Bald′-coot popular name for the coot from its pure white wide frontal plate: a monk—also Bald′icoot; Bald′-ea′gle a common but inaccurate name for the American white-headed eagle used as the national emblem.—adj. Bald′-faced having white on the face as a horse.—n. Bald′head a person bald on the head.—adjs. Bald′-headed; Bald′ish somewhat bald.—adv. Bald′ly.—ns. Bald′ness; Bald′pate one destitute of hair: a kind of wild-duck.—adjs. Bald′pate Bald′pated destitute of hair.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a bald-headed man, denotes that sharpers are to make a deal adverse to your interests, but by keeping wide awake, you will outwit them. For a man to dream of a bald-headed woman, insures him to have a vixen for wife. A bald hill, or mountain, indicates famine and suffering in various forms. For a young woman to dream of a bald-headed man, is a warning to her to use her intelligence against listening to her next marriage offer. Bald-headed babies signify a happy home, a loving companion, and obedient children.
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Examples
- Then, I saw that his head was furrowed and bald, and that the long iron-gray hair grew only on its sides. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The candles lighted up Lord Steyne's shining bald head, which was fringed with red hair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The race from which they sprang were crowned with a luxuriant growth of golden hair, but for many ages the present race has been entirely bald. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The fore part of his head was bald; but the hair grew thin and long behind, and every separate lock was a conduit for water. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She gave me a kiss on the top of my bald head, and whispered, News for you, father! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It cut him on his bald forehead. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Even he was repelled by the stern command, Down, Balder, down! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was over the barrenest chalk-hills and through the baldest canons that even Syria can show. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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