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The definition of bald is to have an absence of hair.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is bald is Vin Diesel.

To bald is to lose your hair.

(verb)

An example of someone beginning to bald is a man whose hair is thinning and he is starting to have less hair on his head.

See bald in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having white fur or feathers on the head, as some animals and birds
having no hair on all or part of the scalp
not covered by natural growth: bald hills
having the tread nearly or completely worn off: a bald tire
bare; plain; unadorned: the bald facts
frank and blunt: a bald statement

Origin: ME balled, assoc. with bal, ball, but prob. ult. < IE base *bhel-, gleaming, white > Gr phalos, white, phalakros, bald, OPrus ballo, forehead

Related Forms:

baldly adverb
baldness noun

See bald in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective bald·er, bald·est

Lacking hair on the head.
Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.
Lacking treads: a bald tire.
Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.
Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.
Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English balled

Origin: , probably from bal, ball; see ball¹

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