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11bald — (adj.) c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal white patch, blaze especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, gleam; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)). Cf., from the same… …
12Bald — (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the… …
13Bald buzzard — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering …
14Bald coot — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering …
15bald — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a scalp with very little or no hair. 2) (of an animal) not covered by the usual fur, hair, or feathers. 3) (of a tyre) having the tread worn away. 4) without any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt. DERIVATIVES… …
16a bald patch — a place on someone s head where hair no longer grows, or a surface that has some parts missing, for example an area of grass or a carpet …
17bald — [14] In Middle English times, bald was ballede, which suggests that it may have been a compound formed in Old English with the suffix ede ‘characterized by, having’. It has been conjectured that the first element in the compound was Old English… …
18bald — [14] In Middle English times, bald was ballede, which suggests that it may have been a compound formed in Old English with the suffix ede ‘characterized by, having’. It has been conjectured that the first element in the compound was Old English… …
19bald — adj. 1 (of a person) with the scalp wholly or partly lacking hair. 2 (of an animal, plant, etc.) not covered by the usual hair, feathers, leaves, etc. 3 colloq. with the surface worn away (a bald tyre). 4 a blunt, unelaborated (a bald statement) …
20bald — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ go ▪ He started to go bald in his twenties. ADVERB ▪ completely, quite, totally …
