Bald

Quick meaning: Bald is an adjective meaning Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

Meaning

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

More Meanings

1. Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
2. (figurative) Lacking any covering.
3. (figurative) Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
4. (figurative) Of a statement or account, unembellished.
5. (figurative) Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
6. (uncommon) A bald person.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

My uncle is bald.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• balder
• baldest
• balds
• balding
• balded

Synonyms for bald

Depending on context, synonyms include hairless, overt, bare, open, barefaced, uncovered.

Antonyms for bald

Common opposites include faxed, haired.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hairless, uncovered, bare, barefaced, overt, denudate.

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