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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bald /bɔld/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - having little or no hair on the head.
- [before a noun] without ornament;
blunt: a bald lie. bald•ly, adv. bald•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bald (bôld),USA pronunciation adj. - having little or no hair on the scalp:a bald head; a bald person.
- destitute of some natural growth or covering:a bald mountain.
- lacking detail;
bare; plain; unadorned:a bald prose style. - open;
undisguised:a bald lie. - Zoologyhaving white on the head:the bald eagle.
- Automotive(of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
v.i. - to become bald.
n. - Dialect Terms(often cap.) [Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.]a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Middle English ball(e)d, equivalent. to ball white spot (compare Welsh bal, Greek phaliós having a white spot) + -ed -ed3 1250–1300
bald′ish, adj. bald′ly, adv. bald′ness, n. - 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bare, barefaced, flagrant, patent, utter, out-and-out, downright, flat-out.
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