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bare-headed

bare-headed is the alternative form of bareheaded.

Meaning of bareheaded

Adjective

bareheaded (not comparable)

  1. Having no covering on the head.
    • Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter VII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 131

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Questions about bare-headed

What is bare-headed the alternative form of?
Bare-headed is the alternative form of bareheaded.

Words near bare-headed in the dictionary

  1. bare-footed
  2. bare-footen
  3. bare-handed
  4. bare-handedly
  5. bare-handedness
  6. bare-headed
  7. bare-knuckle
  8. bare-knuckle boxing
  9. bare-knuckle fight
  10. bare-knuckle fights
  11. bare-knuckled

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