American English pronunciation
How to pronounce bald
IPA transcription: ['bɔld]
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Verb
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grow bald; lose hair on one's head
“He is balding already”
Adjective
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with no effort to conceal
“a barefaced lie”
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lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
“a bald pate”
“a bald-headed gentleman”
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without the natural or usual covering
“a bald spot on the lawn”
“bare hills”
Usage examples
- By tomorrow they'll be calling me Bruce Baldwin.
- By tomorrow they'll be calling me Bruce Baldwin.
- Baldwin was then burned down by the Federals.
- While Ida of Boulogne did exist, neither of Baldwin's parents were her descendants.
- His name is Barry Baldwin.
- Rhett's nemesis is Baldwin, the Boston College eagle.
- The last child was a daughter, Edith Archibald, who became a suffragist and writer.
- Previously the mountain had been known as Old Baldy.
- The tires became bald from heavy usage.
- Owned by Baldwin Wallace University, the station is operated by both faculty and students.