barefoot

[ bair-foo t ]

/ ˈbɛərˌfʊt /

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adjective, adverb

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.

Nearby words

bareboat, bareboned, barefaced, barefaced lie, barefisted, barefoot, barefoot doctor, barege, barehanded, bareheaded, bareilly

Origin of barefoot

before 1000; Middle English barfot, Old English bærfōt. See bare¹, foot

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Examples from the Web for barefoot

A barefoot corpse in camouflaged khakis is being carried into the street, partially wrapped in rug, as I enter the house.
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Urban children kick a can on concrete and rural kids kick a rag wrapped around a rag wrapped around a rag, barefoot, on dirt.
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“The international community calls me a barefoot soldier in the fight against diabetes,” Keuky said.
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This was before the head-shave and the barefoot in the bathroom.
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And no amount of cleaning up their talking points is going to change their efforts to keep us barefoot and pregnant.
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The simple farmer excites the scorn of the "barefoot brigade:"
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Peter put the barefoot boy on the edge of the bunk and hung the wet stockings over his woodpile.
The Jack-Knife Man|Ellis Parker Butler
The two barefoot soldiers prodded him to a standing posture again.
The Mission of Janice Day|Helen Beecher Long
He looked round and saw a little boy, barefoot and thinly clad, sitting on the ground and weeping bitterly.
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Came the barefoot slatting of a Malay, pad-pad-padding aft, and the sound of a soft-voiced: Captain Briggs, sar?
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British Dictionary definitions for barefoot

barefoot

barefooted

/ (ˈbɛəˌfʊt) /

adjective, adverb

with the feet uncovered

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Word Origin and History for barefoot

barefoot

adj.

Old English bærfot; see bare (adj.) + foot (n.).

barefoot

adjective, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for barefoot

barefoot

barefooted

adjective, adverb

Word Origin and History for barefoot

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