Meaning

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

    My uncle is bald.

    kahl, glatzköpfig

    лы́сыйlýsyj, плеши́выйplešívyj

    ли́сийlýsyj, пліши́вийplišývyj

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

    (specifically)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

    lacking hair on all or most of the scalp

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

  4. Of hair, nonexistent.

  5. (figuratively)Lacking any covering.

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

    without the natural or usual covering

  6. (figuratively)Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away.

    лы́сыйlýsyj

  7. (figuratively)Of a statement or account, unembellished.

  8. (figuratively)Of a statement, without evidence or support being provided.

Examples

174 sentences
  1. Tom is starting to go bald.

    Том починає лисіти. — deniko

    ruТом начинает лысеть. — marafon

  2. I know that Tom is bald.

    Я знаю, що Том лисий. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том лысый. — marafon

  3. Tom isn't as bald as I am.

    Том не такий лисий, як я. — deniko

  4. My father is bald, just like yours.

    Мій тато лисий як і твій. — Ahha

  5. Why do you need a comb if you're bald?

    Навіщо тобі гребінець, якщо ти голомозий? — deniko

    ruЗачем вам нужна расческа, если вы лысый? — HaffA

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having little or no hair:
Русский
By meaning 1
having little or no hair:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having little or no hair:

Origin

From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed fr

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”).

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Forms

balder, baldest
Comparativebalder Lesson
Superlativebaldest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • going bald
  • started going bald
  • to go bald
  • completely bald
  • is going bald

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bald — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto