'Bald' definitions:
Definition of 'bald'
From: WordNet
adjective
With no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: bald, barefaced]
adjective
Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" [syn: bald, bald-headed, bald- pated]
adjective
Without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" [syn: bald, denuded, denudate]
verb
Grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"
Definition of 'Bald'
From: GCIDE
- Bald \Bald\ (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.]
- 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. [1913 Webster]
- On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. [1913 Webster]
- In the preface to his own bald translation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Zool.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. [1913 Webster]
- Bald buzzard (Zool.), the fishhawk or osprey.
- Bald coot (Zool.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bald'
From: GCIDE
- baldheaded \bald"head`ed\, bald-headed \bald"-head`ed\, a. Having a bald head; lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; -- alsp called bald and bald-pated; as, a bald-headed gentleman. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'bald'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acomous,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bald-headed,
- bare,
- bare-ass,
- beardless,
- blank,
- candid,
- clean-shaven,
- clear,
- cleared,
- clipped,
- colorless,
- common,
- commonplace,
- cropped,
- depilous,
- direct,
- disclosed,
- dry,
- dull,
- exposed,
- frank,
- free,
- glabrous,
- gymnosophical,
- hairless,
- homely,
- homespun,
- in native buff,
- in puris naturalibus,
- in the altogether,
- in the buff,
- in the raw,
- lackluster,
- lean,
- lifeless,
- lusterless,
- matter-of-fact,
- naked,
- natural,
- naturistic,
- neat,
- nude,
- nudist,
- open,
- open as day,
- open to all,
- overt,
- peeled,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- polled,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- raw,
- revealed,
- rustic,
- severe,
- shaven,
- sheared,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- smooth,
- smooth-faced,
- smooth-shaven,
- sober,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- stark,
- stark-naked,
- straightforward,
- tonsured,
- unadorned,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unarrayed,
- unclassified,
- unclogged,
- unclosed,
- uncolored,
- uncomplicated,
- uncovered,
- undecked,
- undecorated,
- undressed,
- unembellished,
- unfurbished,
- ungarnished,
- unhidden,
- unimaginative,
- unobstructed,
- unornamented,
- unpoetical,
- unrestricted,
- unsophisticated,
- unstopped,
- untrimmed,
- unvarnished,
- wide-open,
- with nothing on,
- without a stitch