English Explanatory Dictionary

bald

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
  2. Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
  3. Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
  4. Lacking any covering.
  5. Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
  6. Of a statement or account, unembellished.
  7. Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
noun
  1. A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
  2. A bald person.
verb
  1. To become bald.
  2. To make bald.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bɔːld/ /bəʊld/ [bɒʊld] /bɑːld/ /bɔld/ /bɑld/ en-us-bald.ogg

Word forms

bald balder baldest balds balding balded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).

Synonyms

hairless

Antonyms

faxed haired

Related words

callow nott

Derived words

bald as a billiard ball bald as a bladder of lard bald as a coot Bald Blair bald cap baldchin groper bald cypress bald dick bald eagle bald earn balden bald erne baldfaced bald-faced bald-faced hornet baldhead bald head baldheaded bald-headed bald-headed hermit bald-headed row Bald Hills baldie Baldilocks balding baldingness baldish baldishness baldist baldly baldmaxxer baldmaxxing baldmaxx baldness Bald Nob bald patch baldpate baldpated bald person baldrib Bald Ridge bald-shame bald-shaming bald spot bald wig baldy like butter on a bald monkey long-beaked bald rush make the bald man cry mald malding nonbald piebald semibald skewbald two bald men fighting over a comb

Translations

Afrikaans: bles Dupaningan Agta: polpog Albanian: tullac Southern Altai: тас Arabic: أَقْرَع Arabic: أَصْلَع Arabic: أَجْرَد Arabic: أقرع Arabic: قرع Armenian: քաչալ Armenian: ճաղատ Asturian: calvu Azerbaijani: keçəl Azerbaijani: daz Basque: soil Basque: burusoil Belarusian: лы́сы Belarusian: пляшы́вы Bengali: টাক মাথা Bengali: টেকো Bengali: টাকলু Central Bikol: angas Breton: moal Bulgarian: плеши́в Bulgarian: лис Catalan: calb Cebuano: upaw Cebuano: upawon Chinese Mandarin: 禿頭的 /秃头的 Chinese Mandarin: 光禿禿的 /光秃秃的 Crimean Tatar: tazbaş Czech: plešatý Danish: skaldet Dutch: kaal Erzya: чертеме Erzya: кепепря Esperanto: kalva Esperanto: senhara Estonian: kiilas Farefare: kõogɔ Faroese: skallutur Finnish: kalju French: chauve West-Frisian: keal Galician: careco Galician: cañón Galician: mouquelo Galician: cachapelada Galician: crouco Galician: crouquelo Galician: calvo Georgian: მელოტი Georgian: ქოსა German: kahl German: glatzköpfig Greek: φαλακρός Greek: καραφλός Ancient Greek: φαλακρός Hebrew: קירח \ קֵרֵחַ Hindi: गंजा Hungarian: kopasz Hungarian: tar Icelandic: sköllóttur Ido: kalva Ido: senhara Indonesian: botak Bengali: টাক পড়া Finnish: kaljuuntua Latin: calvescō Maltese: qriegħ Welsh: moeli
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