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bald (bôld)

adj. bald·er, bald·est

1. Lacking hair on the head.

2. Lacking a natural or usual covering: a bald spot on the lawn.

3. Lacking treads: a bald tire.

4. Zoology Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

5. Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

6. Undisguised; blunt: a bald statement of policy.

[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball¹.]

baldly adv.

baldness n.

bald [bɔːld]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) having no hair or fur, esp (of a man) having no hair on all or most of the scalp

2. lacking natural growth or covering

3. plain or blunt a bald statement

4. bare or simple; unadorned

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also baldfaced (of certain birds and other animals) having white markings on the head and face

6. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (of a tyre) having a worn tread

[C14 ballede (literally: having a white spot); related to Danish bǣldet, Greek phalaros having a white spot]

baldish adj

baldly adv

baldness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb	1.	bald - grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already" grow, turn - pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
Adj.	1.	bald - with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" barefaced overt, open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"
	2.	bald - lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" bald-headed, bald-pated hairless - having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail"
	3.	bald - without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" denudate, denuded bare - lacking its natural or customary covering; "a bare hill"; "bare feet"

bald

adjective

1. hairless, smooth, bare, shorn, clean-shaven, tonsured, depilated, glabrous (Biology), baldheaded, baldpated The man's bald head was beaded with sweat.

2. plain, direct, simple, straight, frank, severe, bare, straightforward, blunt, rude, outright, downright, forthright, unadorned, unvarnished, straight from the shoulder The bald truth is that he's just not happy.

Translations

bald [bɔːld]

A. ADJ (balder (compar) (baldest (superl)))

1. (= hairless) [person, head] → calvo; (= shaven) → pelado
bald patch (on head) → calva f, claro m; (on animal) → calva f
he can't spend much on the barber's, with that bald head of his → con lo calvo que está no puede gastar mucho en peluquería
to go bald → quedarse calvo
(as) bald as an egg or a coot → más calvo que una bola de billar

2. (= worn) [tyre] → desgastado, gastado; [lawn] → pelado
bald patches on the lawn/carpet → calvas fpl en el césped/la alfombra

3. (= unadorned) [statement] → directo, sin rodeos; [style] → escueto
these are the bald facts → estos son los hechos sin más

B. CPD bald eagle N → águila f de cabeza blanca

bald [ˈbɔːld] adj

[person, head] → chauve
to go bald → perdre ses cheveux
to have a bald spot, to have a bald patch → avoir un début de calvitie, avoir une calvitie naissante

[tyre] → lisse
bald patch
This tyre has a bald patch → Ce pneu est en partie lisse.

(= blunt) [statement, truth] → simple
bald eagle n → aigle m d'Amérique

bald

adj (+er)

person → kahl, glatzköpfig; head, tree → kahl; bird → federlos; he is bald → er hat eine Glatze; to go bald → eine Glatze bekommen, kahl werden; he is going bald at the temples → er hat Geheimratsecken; bald patch → kahle Stelle

(Aut: = worn) bald tyre (Brit) or tire (US) → abgefahrener Reifen

style, statement → knapp

(liter: = bare, denuded) → kahl

bald:

bald-faced

adj (US) lie → unverfroren, unverschämt, schamlos

baldheaded

adj → kahl- or glatzköpfig

bald [bɔːld] adj (person) → calvo/a; (tyre) → liscio/a; (statement) → asciutto/a; (style) → spoglio/a
to go bald → perdere i capelli

bald

adj bald [boːld]

1 (of people) with little or no hair on the head a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald). kaalkop, bles أصْلَع плешив plešatý skaldet kahl φαλακρός calvo kiilas کچل؛ تاس kalju chauve קֵרֵחַ गंजा ćelav kopasz botak sköllóttur calvo はげた 대머리의 praplikęs, plikas plikpaurains botak kaal (flint)skallet łysy careca chel лысый plešivý plešast ćelav []skallig หัวล้าน dazlak, kel 頭髮稀疏的，禿頭的 лисий گنجا hói 秃头的

2 (of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc a bald patch on the dog's back. kaal, kaalkop, bles بِدون ريش гол holý, bezsrstý skaldet kahl χωρίς φτέρωμα ή τρίχωμα (για πουλιά και ζώα) pelado paljas گر kalju dépourvu de plumes, de poils קֵרֵחַ ogolio csupasz tanpa bulu, gundul hárlaus implume 毛のない 털이 없는 nuplikęs, nusišėręs bez spalvām (par dzīvniekiem) tidak berbulu kaal uten hår/fjær/pels wyłysiały pelado năpârlit, golaş лишённый покрова; оголённый holý oskuben, gol goluždrav kal, bar ไม่มีขน tüysüz 無毛的 оголений; без рослинного покриву گنجا chim, động vật trụi lông 无毛的

3 bare or plain a bald statement of the facts. reguit صَريح، جـاف прост strohý utilsløret unverblümt απλός, σκέτος, χωρίς λεπτομέρειες escueto, sencillo ilustamatu رک و راست paljas sans ornements פָּשוּט izravan puszta seadanya umbúðalaus semplice ありのままの 단조로운 tiesus, nepagražintas neizpušķots; kails kosong nuchter usmykket, enkel, utilslørt suchy, lakoniczny simples direct, fără menajamente неприкрашенный strohý, suchý gol, brez olepšav oskudan rakt på sak, ohöljd โล่ง yalın, çıplak 未加修飾的，平白的 неприкрашений; прямий سپاٹ، بغیر لگی لپٹی کے phô bày 无掩饰的

n baldness

blesheid صَلَع плешивост plešatost, suchopárnost skaldethed die Kahlheit φαλάκρα calvicie kiilaspäisus کچلی kaljuus calvitie קָרַחַת गंजापन ćelavost kopaszság kebotakan skalli calvizie はげていること 대머리짐 nuplikimas plikpaurība kebotakan kaalheid skallethet brak włosów, lakoniczność calvície calviţie плешивость plešivosť; strohosť pleša(vost) ćelavost []skallighet ความล้าน; ความโล่ง dazlaklık, kellik 禿 плішивість گنجا پن sự hói; sự nghèo nàn; trơ trụi 秃

adj balding

becoming bald. bleswordend يَنْصَلِع، مُنْصَلِع оплешивяване plešatějící ved at blive skaldet kahl werden που τείνει να γίνει φαλακρός parcialmente calvo, que está quedándose calvo kiilaks muutuv کچل شدن kaljuuntuva devenant chauve הִתְקַרחוּת गंजा होना oćelavio kopaszodó menjadi botak að verða sköllóttur (che perde i capelli) はげてくる 머리가 벗겨지기 시작한 plinkantis apmatojumu zaudējošs membotakkan kalend i ferd med å bli skallet łysiejący a encarecar care a început să chelească лысеющий plešivejúci ki postaja plešast proćelav bli skallig ซึ่งมีหัวล้าน dazlaklaşan, kelleşen 變禿的 лисіючий گنجا ہونا bắt đầu hói 变秃

adv baldly

in a plain or bare way He answered her questions baldly. reguit, sonder entoesiasme بصلراحه، بِصراحَه، بصورةٍِ جافَّه просто suše, stroze enkelt og klart unverblümt απλά, σκέτα, χωρίς λεπτομέρειες escuetamente, sencillamente ilustamatult رک و روراست paljaasti sèchement בְּפַּשטוּת दोटूक smjelo kereken seadanya umbúðalaust schiettamente あからさまに 솔직하게 tiesiai, be užuolankų bez aplinkiem; tieši terang nuchter enkelt, tørt, utilslørt sucho rudemente direct, verde‑n faţă открыто; без обиняков stroho hladno, gladko šturo rakt på sak อย่างห้วน ๆ yalın bir şekilde, dazlak bir şekilde 不加掩飾地，露骨地 прямо; відверто روکھا سا جواب thẳng thắn 不加掩饰地，露骨地

bald → أصلع plešatý skaldet kahl φαλακρός calvo kalju chauve ćelav calvo 頭のはげた 대머리의 kaal skallet łysy careca лысый flintskallig ล้าน kel hói đầu 光秃的

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