bald
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bald¹
- /bɔːld/ Northern England, UK
- /boːld/ British, Southern, Standard
- /bəʊld/ UK, nonstandard
- [bɒʊld] UK, nonstandard
- [bɒld] UK, nonstandard
- /bɑːld/ Northumbria, UK
- /bɔld/ Scotland, UK
- /bɔld/ US
- /bɑld/ US, cot caught merger
- /boːld/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like balled, bawled, (nonstandard) bold · Rhymes with -ɔːld
Where it comes from
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 relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).
adjective balder · baldest
- Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers. My uncle is bald.
- Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head. a bald man with a moustache
- Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
- Of hair, nonexistent. All my grandmothers are bald, all the way back to Tilly. Grandma Tilly from 1721. Full head of bald hair.
- Lacking any covering. The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.
- Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
- Of a statement or account, unembellished. Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy.
- Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided. The plaintiff in this case must satisfy the judge that she has visible means, the mere bald statement that she has visible means is not suflicient.
noun balds
- A mountain summit or crest, or any relatively flat area at high elevation, that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Before us and to our right rises the long, whale-backed ridge of the Unaka Mountain — very like a whale and bare in patches, with what are called "huckleberry balds," which differ from the balds that lie above the timber line […]
- A bald person. Brn hair eyes & stache sks same 28-38 for gd times fun frndship & or possibly more near Waltham area no balds drugs queens kinky scenes fats or pot smokg.
verb balds · balding · balded
- To become bald.
- To make bald. He looked like a new Army recruit. "You've balded me!" he cried. He was so mad and hurt. He told Mom he wasn't going back to school until his hair grew out.
Bald²
Where it comes from
* As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Baldo, or related to Baldwin, where the first element is from the root of bold.
* As an English and Scottish surname, related to bald.
proper noun Balds
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hairless, uncovered, bare, barefaced, overt, denudate, open, denuded, bald-headed, bald-pated, treadless, naked, nude, unembellished, unadorned, simple
Translations
Every language
adj having little or no hair
| Español | calvo, pelón, pelado, pajla, calvorota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대머리의 daemeoriui |
| 日本語 | 禿げ hage |
| 中文 | 禿頭的 /秃头的 tūtóu de, 光禿禿的 /光秃秃的 guāngtūtū de |
| हिन्दी | गंजा gañjā |
| Português | calvo, careca |
| Français | chauve |
| Deutsch | kahl, glatzköpfig |
| Italiano | calvo, pelato |
| Ελληνικά | φαλακρός falakrós, καραφλός karaflós |
| Română | chel, pleșuv |
| Русский | лы́сый lýsyj, плеши́вый plešívyj |
| Tiếng Việt | trọc, hói |
| العربية | أَقْرَع ʔaqraʕ, أَصْلَع ʔaṣlaʕ, أَجْرَد ʔajrad |
| עברית | קירח \ קֵרֵחַ keréakh |
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