bald
- having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain.
- lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style.
- open; undisguised: a bald lie.
- Zoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle.
- Automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
- to become bald.
- (often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
Origin of bald
Synonyms for bald
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naked, barren, bare, hairless, blunt, head, exposed, smooth, uncovered, shaven, depilated, plain, direct, stark, baldheaded, glabrous, austere, downright, forthright, outrightExamples from the Web for bald
Contemporary Examples of bald
“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
And sitting down is a bald man who looks like Hank from Breaking Bad.
His bald head, oversize features, and animated, bulging eyes gave him a Shrek-like appearance.
Kashkari, an Indian American who looks vaguely like a bald Ray Romano, is both pro-choice and a supporter of same-sex marriage.
When people see you bald for the first time, they are a little taken aback, so earrings give them something to focus on.
Historical Examples of bald
He was short and fat and bald, with little eyes, but with a look like an eagle.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
Such is a brief and bald account of the most famous of these pirates.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
There was the Bald'in, stand-by old and good as bread; and there were all the rest.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
Her house, with all its show of luxury, still had its bald spots.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
bald
- having no hair or fur, esp (of a man) having no hair on all or most of the scalp
- lacking natural growth or covering
- plain or blunta bald statement
- bare or simple; unadorned
- Also: baldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face
- (of a tyre) having a worn tread
Word Origin for bald
Word Origin and History for bald
c.1300, ballede, probably, with Middle English -ede adjectival suffix + Celtic bal "white patch, blaze" especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, gleam;" see bleach (v.)). Cf., from the same root, Sanskrit bhalam "brightness, forehead," Greek phalos "white," Latin fulcia "coot" (so called for the white patch on its head), Albanian bale "forehead." But connection with ball (n.1), on notion of "smooth, round" also has been suggested. Bald eagle first attested 1680s; so called for its white head.
bald
(bôld)- Lacking hair on the head.