adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb, ADJECTIVE noun]
Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet.
I wore a white dress and was barefoot.
...shivering with cold and barefooted.
...barefoot little children.
barefoot in British English
(ˈbɛəˌfʊt) or barefooted
adjective, adverb
with the feet uncovered
barefoot in American English
(ˈbɛrˌfʊt)
adjective, adverb
with bare feet; without shoes and stockings
: also ˈbareˌfooted (ˈbɛrˌfʊtɪd)
barefoot in the Oil and Gas Industry
(bɛərfʊt)
adjective
(Extractive engineering: Field development, Drilling)
Barefoot describes a hole or well without casing.
COLLOCATIONS: ~ well~ hole
The wells flowed more strongly under barefoot completion techniques which are completion methods that leave the well without casingthrough the reservoir section.
A barefoot well is unlined or uncased for part or all of its depth.
Barefoot describes a hole or well without casing.
Examples of 'barefoot' in a sentence
barefoot
Playing barefoot football was a matter of choice as football boots were available and not too costly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Older inhabitants still remember running around barefoot through the snow.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
You walk around barefoot five times a day.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And a third have walked home barefoot because of the discomfort.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They are all in white shirts and stand barefoot in the roof garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He says my feet are already nice and hard from going barefoot all the time.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
He would probably have won if asked to play barefoot.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Try to avoid walking around barefoot in communal areas.
The Sun (2014)
He played barefoot because he could not afford shoes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why does he go around barefoot?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
After a barefoot wander across the soft lawns, we go in search of culinary pleasures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
While a few hardy folks are truly running barefoot, most of us opt for minimalist footwear.
The Sun (2012)
Still blindfold, they were made to walk barefoot from the compound.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If her shoes were too high, she could have gone barefoot.
The Sun (2012)
If you need to move faster than you can walk barefoot, you hire a bicycle.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Go barefoot towards the island, following the poles of the ancient pilgrim path across the sands.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Lacking the obligatory rubber shoes, we urchins played barefoot.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She'll very soon go barefoot!
Beatrix Potter The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1930)
A study suggests that barefoot running may not be quite the joyful return to nature it is cracked up to be.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People used to run barefoot all the time when I was growing up.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I hung out with a guy who had spent ten years walking barefoot around America.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
barefoot
British English: barefoot /ˈbɛəˌfʊt/ ADJECTIVE
If you are barefoot or barefooted, you are wearing nothing on your feet.
I wore a white dress and was barefoot.
American English: barefoot
Arabic: حافي القَدَمَيـْن
Brazilian Portuguese: descalço
Chinese: 赤脚的
Croatian: bos
Czech: bosý
Danish: barfodet
Dutch: op blote voeten
European Spanish: descalzo
Finnish: paljasjalkainen
French: nu-pieds
German: barfuß
Greek: ξυπόλητος
Italian: scalzo
Japanese: 裸足の
Korean: 맨발의
Norwegian: barbeint
Polish: bosy
European Portuguese: descalço
Romanian: desculț
Russian: босой
Latin American Spanish: descalzo
Swedish: barfota
Thai: เท้าเปล่า
Turkish: çıplak ayak
Ukrainian: босий
Vietnamese: chân trần
British English: barefoot /ˈbɛəˌfʊt/ ADVERB
If you do something barefoot, you do it while wearing nothing on your feet.
He put on some clothes and ran downstairs barefoot.