EGAVE

bald

About 3.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.
    My uncle is bald.
  2. adjective 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
  3. adjective Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.
  4. adjective Of hair, nonexistent.
  5. adjective Lacking any covering.
    The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.
  6. adjective Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.
  7. adjective Of a statement or account, unembellished.
  8. adjective Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

Similar words

hairless uncovered bare barefaced overt denudate open denuded bald-headed bald-pated

Often followed by

head eagle and eagles man spot mountain pate as

Word family

balded balder baldest balding baldish baldly baldness baldnesses balds

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