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[ adjective ] lacking hair on all or most of the scalp

Examples

"a bald pate" "a bald-headed gentleman"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

By the time he was prosperous enough - his goals were high - he was bald and afraid of women .

Related terms

hairless

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[ adjective ] without the natural or usual covering

Synonyms

denuded bare denudate

Examples

"a bald spot on the lawn" "bare hills"

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Now the yard looked wet and bald , the trees bare under their buds , but in a while Miss_Ada 's flowers would bloom like a marching parade .

Related terms

uncovered

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[ adjective ] with no effort to conceal

Synonyms

barefaced

Examples

"a barefaced lie"

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

Nothing bald , open ; but enough .

Related terms

overt

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23240
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[ verb ] grow bald; lose hair on one's head

Examples

"He is balding already"

Related terms

turn

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