barefoot

[bair-foot]

adjective

1. Also barefooted. with the feet bare.

   a barefoot boy;

   to walk barefoot.

2. Carpentry.,  (of a post or stud) secured to a sill or the like without mortising.

barefoot

/ ˈbɛəˌfʊt /

adjective

1. with the feet uncovered

Word History and Origins

Origin of barefoot¹

before 1000; Middle English barfot, Old English bærfōt. See bare ¹, foot

Example Sentences

This was not the barefoot frolic I knew from picnics, not the game of lazy parabolas.

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"I saw Tamir wearing his pyjamas. He was barefoot. He had no glasses on. He can hardly see without them. He was terrified."

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Whoever came up with the saying about reading a person by looking at their shoes did not conceive of barefoot tech billionaires.

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Following the crash, live footage broadcast from a news helicopter showed the suspect fleeing the scene barefoot and shedding layers of clothes.

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In the photo, a man is seen shirtless, barefoot and wearing only black shorts, and walking down stairs while leaning against a stone wall.

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