bald

bare; without hair: When he grew older, he became bald.

Not to be confused with:

balled – wound into a ball: She balled the yarn.

bawled – shouted; sobbed loudly: The baby bawled when his lollipop was taken away.

bald

(bôld)

adj. bald·er, bald·est

1. Lacking hair on the head.

2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.

3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.

4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.

[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball¹. Sense 4, perhaps partly of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh bal, having a white streak on the forehead (of horses), Irish ball, spot, mark, and English blaze, white mark on the face of an animal; see blaze².]

bald′ly adv.

bald′ness n.

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bald

(bɔːld)

adj

1. (Anatomy) having no hair or fur, esp (of a man) having no hair on all or most of the scalp

2. lacking natural growth or covering

3. plain or blunt: a bald statement.

4. bare or simple; unadorned

5. (Zoology) Also: baldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face

6. (Automotive Engineering) (of a tyre) having a worn tread

[C14 ballede (literally: having a white spot); related to Danish bǣldet, Greek phalaros having a white spot]

ˈbaldish adj

ˈbaldly adv

ˈbaldness n

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bald

(bɔld)
adj.

1. having little or no hair on the scalp.

2. destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain.

3. plain: a bald prose style.

4. undisguised: a bald lie.

5. having white on the head: the bald eagle.

6. (of a tire) having the tread worn away.

v.i.

7. to become bald.

[1250–1300; Middle English ball(e)d, akin to Welsh bal, Greek phaliós having a white spot]

bald′ish, adj.

bald′ly, adv.

bald′ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	bald - grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already" grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
Adj.	1.	bald - with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" barefaced overt, open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
	2.	bald - lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" bald-headed, bald-pated hairless - having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail"
	3.	bald - without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" denudate, denuded bare - lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"

bald

adjective

2. plain, direct, simple, straight, frank, severe, bare, straightforward, blunt, rude, outright, downright, forthright, unadorned, unvarnished, straight from the shoulder The bald truth is that he's just not happy.

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bald

adjective

1. Without the usual covering:

2. Without addition, decoration, or qualification:

Translations

أَصْلَعأصْلَعبِدون ريشصَريح، جـاف

plešatýsjetýstrohýbezsrstýholý

skaldetutilsløret

kalva

kalju

ćelav

kopasztar

sköllótturumbúîalaushárlaus

頭のはげた

대머리의

be užuolankųnepagražintasnuplikęsnuplikimasnusišėręs

bez spalvāmkailsneizpušķotsplikpaurains

plešivý

plešast

ćelav

flintskalligskallig

ล้าน

hói đầu

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bald

[ˈbɔːld] adj

(= blunt) [statement, truth] → simplebald eagle n → aigle m d'Amérique

bald

adj (+er)

style, statement → knapp

(liter: = bare, denuded) → kahl

bald

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bald

[bɔːld] adj (person) → calvo/a; (tyre) → liscio/a; (statement) → asciutto/a; (style) → spoglio/a
to go bald → perdere i capelli

bald

(boːld) adjective

1. (of people) with little or no hair on the head. a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).

2. (of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc. a bald patch on the dog's back.

3. bare or plain. a bald statement of the facts.

ˈbaldness nounˈbalding adjective

becoming bald.

ˈbaldly adverb

in a plain or bare way. He answered her questions baldly.

bald

→ أَصْلَع plešatý skaldet kahl φαλακρός calvo kalju chauve ćelav calvo 頭のはげた 대머리의 kaal skallet łysy careca лысый flintskallig ล้าน kel hói đầu 光秃的

bald

a. calvo-a, sin pelo

franco-a, espontáneo-a, escueto-a.