Barefoot
['beəfʊt] or ['bɛr'fʊt]
Definition
(adj.) without shoes; 'the barefoot boy'; 'shoeless Joe Jackson' .
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Definition
(a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Typist: Lolita
Unserious Contents or Definition
To wander in the night barefoot with torn garments, denotes that you will be crushed in expectation, and evil influences will surround your every effort.
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Examples
- I could go on diving, of course--not much, though--and not much use--' He moved away barefoot, on the planks of the platform. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her pretty hair was hanging all about her, and she had tripped down softly, brush in hand, and barefoot, to say good-night to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And when they are housed, they will work, in summer, commonly, stripped and barefoot, but in winter substantially clothed and shod. Plato. The Republic.
- As I am here beside you, barefoot, unclothed, undistinguishable in darkness, so must I lie through all the night of my decay, until I am dust. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I had never thought of anything but that I would reach the shore some way, and I would be in a bad position if I landed barefoot. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Carton, pressing forward, had already, with the speed of lightning, got him down into it, and stood over him, barefoot. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You came barefoot through the snow? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I don't want to go around here barefoot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But he could not touch her, because she stood barefoot in her night-dress, and he was muddy and damp. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, therefore, send the Christian dog on all fours, and barefoot, into the holy place to mend the clock, and let him go as an ass! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I speak of the Dominican friars--men who wear a coarse, heavy brown robe and a cowl, in this hot climate, and go barefoot. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I was so happy I would have walked all the way barefoot to get there, and see the schools and the village and Limmeridge House again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was traversing the scorching sands of a mighty desert, barefoot and alone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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