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bald

UK/bɔːld/ US/boːld/ fairly common
adjective (3) verb (1)

adjective

1.

with no effort to conceal

  • “a barefaced lie”
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2.

without the natural or usual covering

  • “a bald spot on the lawn”
  • “bare hills”
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3.

lacking hair on all or most of the scalp

  • “a bald pate”
  • “a bald-headed gentleman”
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verb

1.

grow bald; lose hair on one''s head

  • “He is balding already”

Origin

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin.

Phrases

  • bald as a billiard ball
  • bald as a bladder of lard
  • bald as a coot
  • bald as a peeled egg
  • Bald Blair
  • bald cap
  • bald cypress
  • baldchin groper

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