Bald - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bɔːld|  American pronunciation of the word bald
Brit.  |bɔːld|  British pronunciation of the word bald

verb

- grow bald; lose hair on one's head
He is balding already

adjective

- with no effort to conceal (syn: barefaced)
- lacking hair on all or most of the scalp (syn: bald-headed, bald-pated)
a bald pate
a bald-headed gentleman
- without the natural or usual covering (syn: denudate, denuded)
a bald spot on the lawn

Extra examples

All of his uncles are completely bald.

He had gone completely bald by the age of 30.

He covered his bald head with a baseball cap.

There's a bald spot on the top of his head.

There are bald patches in the cat's fur.

Eagles moult off their feathers, and so become bald.

Dad started going bald when he was in his thirties.

He combed his hair and tried to hide his bald patch (=part of someone's head where there is no hair).

The car's tires are completely bald.

He is balding already

...the governor's bald, ovate head makes him an easy target for caricaturists...

...plopped a cap on his bald pate...

...the bald eagle, that universally recognized totem of our country...

Two players were sent off for bald rudeness.

Brian's bald head glistened in the blazing sun.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: balder
superlative: baldest
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