English Explanatory Dictionary

barefoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wearing nothing on the feet.
  2. Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
  3. Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
adv
  1. Wearing nothing on the feet.
  2. Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛɹfʊt/ /ˈbɛəfʊt/ /ˈbɑːɹfʊt/ /ˈbæɹfʊt/ en-us-barefoot.ogg

Word forms

barefoot Barefoots Barfoot Burfoot

Etymology

From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀafōt, from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).

Synonyms

barefooted discalced shoeless unshod unshoed

Related words

barefooted bare-footen

Derived words

barefoot all over barefoot and pregnant Barefoot Bay barefoot doctor barefooter barefooting barefoot shoe pregnant and barefoot run barefoot through the shoemaker's children go barefoot
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