barefoot
[bair-foo t]
- Also bare·foot·ed. 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.
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Origin of barefoot
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Examples from the Web for barefoot
Contemporary Examples
The decomposing corpses wore the black pants and belts that fighters wear, although some were barefoot.
A barefoot corpse in camouflaged khakis is being carried into the street, partially wrapped in rug, as I enter the house.
Urban children kick a can on concrete and rural kids kick a rag wrapped around a rag wrapped around a rag, barefoot, on dirt.
“The international community calls me a barefoot soldier in the fight against diabetes,” Keuky said.
This was before the head-shave and the barefoot in the bathroom.
Historical Examples
She was in rags, barefoot, like the poorest nomad of them all.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
They like to walk about barefoot and have money in their stocking.
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
"I wish she wouldn't go about barefoot," he added, with a tinge of jealousy.
They of the High TrailsHamlin Garland
He was barefoot, but he wore a clean shirt of unbleached cotton, open at the neck.
O Pioneers!Willa Cather
She was working in the garden when we got there, barefoot and ragged.
My AntoniaWilla Cather
barefoot
barefooted
- with the feet uncovered
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Word Origin and History for barefoot
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