bald
UK/bɔːld/
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British/boːld/
bald adjective: having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
Adjective
bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)
- Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
- My uncle is bald.
- The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- hairless
- Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.
- a bald man with a moustache
- “I am getting balder and balder trying to figure these things out,” he said at an event in Washington, D.C. on Monday where he acknowledged – as he has before – that he would not run outside the Democratic party establishment.2015 February 10, Dan Merica, quoting Bernie Sanders, “The Democratic presidential nominee that doesn’t have to be a registered Democrat”, in CNN
- Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
- Of hair, nonexistent.
- All my grandmothers are bald, all the way back to Tilly. Grandma Tilly from 1721. Full head of bald hair.2018, Jerma985, 3:43 from the start, in Would I Lie to You?, spoken by Jerma985, via YouTube
- Lacking any covering.
- The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.
- Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
- Of a statement or account, unembellished.
- Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy.1922, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Black Doctor
- The NYSDOT, through the DSEIS, makes a bald assertion in the DSEIS, but does not explain in detail, why it feels that the Short Bypass Tunnel provides a more appropriate and respectful setting for the WTC Memorial.1994, Route 9A Reconstruction Project, Battery Place to 59th St.
- Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.
- The plaintiff in this case must satisfy the judge that she has visible means, the mere bald statement that she has visible means is not suflicient.1891, The Australian law times - Volumes 12-13, page 61
- The question regarding this issue is whether the applicant raised sufficient doubts regarding adoption and use of the official mark by the respondent as to have the effect that the respondent's bald assertion is not enough to provide evidence that the official mark was adopted and used or whether a...2001, Canadian patent reporter, page 194
Noun
bald (plural balds)
- A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
- A bald person.
- Brn hair eyes & stache sks same 28-38 for gd times fun frndship & or possibly more near Waltham area no balds drugs queens kinky scenes fats or pot smokg.1982 December 4, “GWM 32 6 165 North Of Bos”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20 (personal advertisement), page 18
Verb
bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)
- To become bald.
- To make bald.
- He looked like a new Army recruit. "You've balded me!" he cried. He was so mad and hurt. He told Mom he wasn't going back to school until his hair grew out.2009, Bill Murray, Renegade Colonel, page 34
Proper noun capitalized: Bald
Bald (plural Balds)
- A surname.
bald meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
bald in Hindi
- having little or no hair
- गंजा gañjā
bald in Tamil
- having little or no hair
- சொட்டை coṭṭai
bald in Urdu
- having little or no hair
- گنجا gañjā
bald in Bengali
- having little or no hair
- টাক মাথা ṭak matha, টেকো ṭekō, টাকলু ṭakolu
- to lose hair
- টাক পড়া ṭak poṛa
More languagesFewer languages
- bald in Telugu
- బట్టతల baṭṭatala, గుండు guṇḍu
- bald in Malayalam
- കഷണ്ടി kaṣaṇṭi
- bald in Kannada
- ಬೋಳು, ಬಕ್ಕ, ಬಟ್ಟ, ತರಟು
- bald in Gujarati
- બોડું boṛũ
- bald in Sanskrit
- कुल्व kulva, खार्वाटक khārvāṭaka, ऋक्ष ṛkṣa
- bald in Sinhala
- තට්ට taṭṭa
- bald in Tagalog
- kalbo, upaw, kutipyo
- bald in Arabic
- أَقْرَع ʔaqraʕ, أَصْلَع ʔaṣlaʕ, أَجْرَد ʔajrad
- bald in Malay
- botak
- bald in Indonesian
- botak, gundul
- bald in Persian
- طاس tâs, کچل kačal, کل kal
- bald in Thai
- ล้าน láan, โล้น lóon, โกร๋น grǒon
- bald in Vietnamese
- trọc, hói
Examples of bald in a sentence
- There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island.2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian:
- But yesterday's remarks are the baldest affirmation yet that Putin has no real intention of resigning from politics.2007 November 14, Luke Harding, “Putin: I have a moral right to continue wielding influence”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of bald
Antonyms
Forms of bald
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | balder |
| superlative | baldest |
| Noun | |
| plural | balds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | balds |
| present participle | balding |
| past participle | balded |
| past | balded |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Balds |
Origin of bald
From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).
* As a Dutch and German surname, from the personal name Baldo, or related to Baldwin, where the first element is from the root of bold. * As an English and Scottish surname, related to bald.
Words formed from bald
- bald as a billiard ball
- bald as a bladder of lard
- bald as a coot
- bald as a peeled egg
- Bald Blair
- bald cap
- baldchin groper
- bald cypress
- bald dick
- bald eagle
- bald earn
- balden
- bald erne
- bald-faced
- baldfaced
- bald-faced hornet
- baldhead
- bald head
- baldheaded
- bald-headed
- bald-headed hermit
- bald-headed row
- Bald Hills
- baldie
- Baldilocks
- balding
- baldingness
- baldish
- baldishness
- baldist
- baldly
- baldmaxxer
- baldmaxxing
- baldmaxx
- baldness
- Bald Nob
- bald patch
- baldpate
- baldpated
- bald person
- baldrib
- Bald Ridge
- bald-shame
- bald-shaming
- bald spot
- bald wig
- baldy
- like butter on a bald monkey
- long-beaked bald rush
- make the bald man cry
- mald
- malding
- nonbald
- piebald
- semibald
- skewbald
- two bald men fighting over a comb
Phrases with bald
- bald caps
- Bald Hill
- bald wigs
- bald dicks
- bald earns
- bald ernes
- bald heads
- bald spots
- bald eagles
- bald patches
- bald cypresses
- made the bald man cry
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with bald
Questions about bald
- What does bald mean?
- Bald means having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
- What is bald in Hindi?
- Bald in Hindi is गंजा (gañjā). See Bald meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use bald in a sentence?
- There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island.
- What part of speech is bald?
- Bald can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bald?
- Bald is pronounced /bɔːld/ (UK).
Words near bald in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bald (page history and authors); Bald (page history and authors); bald (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બોડું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); තට්ට (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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