bald (noun)

  • 1bald — [ bɔld ] adjective * 1. ) with little or no hair on your head: a bald spot on the top of his head go bald (=lose your hair): I started going bald in my twenties. 2. ) a bald tire is no longer safe to use because its surface is worn smooth 3. ) a… …

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  • 2bald´ness — bald «bld», adjective. 1. wholly or partly without hair on the head: »The old man s bald head glistened in the sun. SYNONYM(S): hairless, glabrous. 2. without its natural covering: »A mountaintop with no trees or grass on it is bald. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 3bald´ly — bald «bld», adjective. 1. wholly or partly without hair on the head: »The old man s bald head glistened in the sun. SYNONYM(S): hairless, glabrous. 2. without its natural covering: »A mountaintop with no trees or grass on it is bald. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 4bald-coot — baldˈ coot or baldˈicoot noun The coot, from its pure white wide frontal plate • • • Main Entry: ↑bald …

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  • 5bald-head — baldˈ head noun A person with a bald head • • • Main Entry: ↑bald …

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  • 6bald´head´ed|ness — bald|head|ed «BLD HEHD ihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. having a bald head. –adv. without restraint: »Go into it baldheaded (James Russell Lowell). –bald´head´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 7bald|head|ed — «BLD HEHD ihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. having a bald head. –adv. without restraint: »Go into it baldheaded (James Russell Lowell). –bald´head´ed|ness, noun …

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  • 8bald cypress — noun Date: 1709 1. a large deciduous conifer (Taxodium distichum of the family Taxodiaceae, the bald cypress family) of southern United States swamps that has flexible flat needles and is related to the sequoias; also a related tree (T.… …

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  • 9bald patch — noun An area of baldness on a partially bald head. The vain man grew his remaining hair long and twirled it in a spiral to try to cover his growing bald patch, which looked ridiculous when ever it unspiralled, which was always …

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  • 10bald wig — noun A headpiece worn usually by stage and film actors so as to appear bald on top without the necessity of shaving their scalps. Syn: bald cap …

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