bald

CEFRB1

/bɔːld/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having little or no hair on the head.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head.

Examples

  • Don't worry too much, or you'll go bald.

  • He talks with the quiet man. Don't you think he's a little bald on top?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /boːld/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

  2. Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head.

  3. Of hair, nonexistent.

More examples

In context

  • The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.

  • a bald man with a moustache

  • My uncle is bald.

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After chemotherapy, his head became completely blank with no hair at all.

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Origin

adjective

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 has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).