barefoot
Also barefooted. with the feet bare: a barefoot boy;to walk barefoot.
Carpentry. (of a post or stud) secured to a sill or the like without mortising.
Origin of barefoot
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How to use barefoot in a sentence
Rare and beautiful birds came and watched the barefooted children as they scurried around, building their wall of masonry.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerBoth were barefooted, and I was close enough to read the expression of constant fear on each face.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterI even felt a little bit of contempt for those brave women who went barefooted.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterThe great cathedral of Chartres was hung with white, and the king was standing barefooted in the nave.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereInstead, we were instantly surrounded by several hundred ragged, barefooted, frowzy-headed men shouting "Fresh fish!"
British Dictionary definitions for barefoot
barefooted
/ (ˈbɛəˌfʊt) /
with the feet uncovered
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