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Definitions for: Bald [adj] lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman"
[adj] without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"
[adj] with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie"
[v] grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bald, 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 head or
top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a
bald head; a bald oak.
On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth.
2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
In the preface to his own bald translation.
--Dryden.
3. Undisguised. `` Bald egotism.'' --Lowell.
4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
6. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Destitute of the natural covering.
(b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
Bald buzzard (Zo["o]l.), the fishhawk or osprey.
Bald coot (Zo["o]l.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica
atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the
head.
Synonyms: bald-headed, bald-pated, bare, barefaced, denudate, denuded, hairless, open, overt, uncovered
See Also: grow, turn
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