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bald
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- pronunciation:
- bawld
- parts of speech:
- adjective, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having little or no hair on the scalp.
When he took off his hat, I could see that the man was bald.- synonyms:
- baldheaded
- antonyms:
- hairy
- similar words:
- balding, glabrous, hairless, tonsured
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| definition 2: |
lacking a natural growth or covering.
The bald side of the mountain was swept by the wind.- synonyms:
- denuded, treeless
- similar words:
- barren, bleak, exposed, stark
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| definition 3: |
having no supplementary details or ornamentation; plain; bare.
I'm going to give you the bald truth about what happened.- synonyms:
- bare, outright, plain, unvarnished
- similar words:
- downright, naked, simple, straightforward, unadorned, unequivocal, unqualified
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| related words: |
brutal, mere, naked, obvious |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
balds, balding, balded |
| definition: |
to lose hair on the scalp.
He's balding as a side effect of the drug. |
| derivations: |
baldish (adj.), baldly (adv.), baldness (n.) |
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