ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bald

/bɔːld/ · adjective

Meaning

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers..

Definitions by Sense

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
(figurative) Lacking any covering.
(figurative) Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
(figurative) Of a statement or account, unembellished.
(figurative) Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
(Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
(uncommon) A bald person.

Example Sentences

My uncle is bald.

The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.

Porn didn't revolutionize our pubic hair overnight […] but the general gist is that the vast majority of porn performers in film and magazines had full bushes until Hustler magazine printed a bald vulva, a so-called ‘pink shot’, in 1974.

The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.

Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy.

The NYSDOT, through the DSEIS, makes a bald assertion in the DSEIS, but does not explain in detail, why it feels that the Short Bypass Tunnel provides a more appropriate and respectful setting for the WTC Memorial.

Here the existential process (“there is”) functions as a bald assertion of fact, with no hedging or concessions to the observer's subjectivity, while the nominalization (“a significant role-reversal”) activates a pre-existing category from the discourse of Literary Criticism, into which the present "specimen" will be slotted.

But yesterday's remarks are the baldest affirmation yet that Putin has no real intention of resigning from politics.

Word Forms

balder
baldest
balds
balding
balded

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When Should You Use Bald?

Use bald when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does bald mean?

Bald means Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers..

What is a synonym for bald?

Common synonyms include hairless, overt, bare, open.

What is the opposite of bald?

Possible antonyms include faxed, haired.

How do you use bald in a sentence?

My uncle is bald.

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Definitions by Sense

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.

(figurative) Lacking any covering.

(figurative) Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.

(figurative) Of a statement or account, unembellished.

(figurative) Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

(Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

(uncommon) A bald person.

Example Sentences

My uncle is bald.

The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.

Porn didn't revolutionize our pubic hair overnight […] but the general gist is that the vast majority of porn performers in film and magazines had full bushes until Hustler magazine printed a bald vulva, a so-called ‘pink shot’, in 1974.

The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.

Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy.

The NYSDOT, through the DSEIS, makes a bald assertion in the DSEIS, but does not explain in detail, why it feels that the Short Bypass Tunnel provides a more appropriate and respectful setting for the WTC Memorial.

Here the existential process (“there is”) functions as a bald assertion of fact, with no hedging or concessions to the observer's subjectivity, while the nominalization (“a significant role-reversal”) activates a pre-existing category from the discourse of Literary Criticism, into which the present "specimen" will be slotted.

But yesterday's remarks are the baldest affirmation yet that Putin has no real intention of resigning from politics.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does bald mean?

Bald means Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers..

What is a synonym for bald?

Common synonyms include hairless, overt, bare, open.

What is the opposite of bald?

Possible antonyms include faxed, haired.

How do you use bald in a sentence?

My uncle is bald.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.