baldness

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.

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[Middle English balled, probably from bal, ball; see ball¹. Sense 4, perhaps partly of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh bal, having a white streak on the forehead (of horses), Irish ball, spot, mark, and English blaze, white mark on the face of an animal; see blaze².]

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bald′ly adv.

bald′ness n.

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Baldness

See also hair; head.

acomia

baldness. Also called alopecia, phalacrosis. — acomous, adj.

alopecist

Medicine. medical specialist who treats baldness.

atrichia

Medicine. congenital or acquired baldness. Also atrichosis.

calvities, calvity

baldness, especially at the top or back of the head. — calvous, adj.

peladophobia

a dread of baldness.

phalacrosis

baldness.

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Baldness

 

See Also:HAIR

1. Bald as a ballpeen hammer —Thomas Lux
2. Bald as a brass knob —Beverly Farmer
3. Bald as a nun —Patrick White
4. Bald and wrinkled as a lizard —Sarah Bird

   See Also:WRINKLES

5. Bald as a balloon —Percival Wilde
6. Bald as a barefaced lie —Anon
7. Bald as a bearing —Loren D. Estleman
8. Bald as a billiard ball —Anon

   Of the many objects comparatively linked with baldness, the billiard or cue ball probably ranks at the very top.

9. Bald as a brick —Raymond Chandler
10. Bald as an egg —Anon
11. Bald as a football —William Boyd
12. Bald as an orange —Thomas Bailey Aldrich
13. Bald as a winter tree —William Morris
14. Bald as convicts —George Garrett
15. Bald as peeled onion —Margaret Laurence
16. Bald as the beach —William Diehl
17. Bald as the palm of your hand —Richard Harris Barham
18. Bald as time —Richard Prome
19. Bald head shining like a polished stone —George Garrett
20. The gleaming skull [of bald-headed man] shone like a supernatural sun —Sholem Asch
21. Had gone completely bald very young as though to get that over with as soon as possible —Helen Hudson
22. Hair beginning to recede like the polar ice cap in warm weather —Jean Thompson
23. Head as smooth as a knob —Russell Baker, New York Times, May 17, 1986
24. He had a bald patch on the top of his head which made him look rather like a monk —Guy De Maupassant
25. He was bald, his back hair was thick and projected like one of those large tree mushrooms that grow on the mossy side of a trunk —Saul Bellow
26. His bald head coming to a point, like an egg —Richard Llwellyn
27. His bald head shone … like an agitated moon —Erich Maria Remarque
28. His head [bald, with ring of grey-brown hair] was like the brown edges of a leaf in fall, a sign that the tree, however tall and green from a distance, was being eaten away at the edges, dying from the outside in —Jay Parini
29. His strong, bald head had a dull glow, like old ivory —Ivan Bunin
30. No more hair than a stone —John MacDonald
31. A semi-circular fringe of white hair surrounding his bald pate like a broken halo —Margaret Millar

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baldness - the condition of having no hair on the top of the head phalacrosis depilation, hairlessness - the condition of being void of hair alopecia - loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer) male pattern baldness, male-patterned baldness - loss of hair on the crown of the head

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baldness

noun hairlessness, alopecia (Pathology), baldheadedness, baldpatedness, glabrousness (Biology) He wears a cap to cover a spot of baldness.

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Translations

صَلَع

plešatostsuchopárnost

skaldethed

Kahlheit

φαλάκρα

calvitie

kopaszság

skalli

calvizie

skallethet

plešivosť

dazlaklıkkellik

光秃秃

baldness

[ˈbɔːldnɪs] N

1. [of person] → calvicie f

2. [of tyre] → desgaste m

3. [of statement] → lo directo; [of style] → lo escueto

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baldness

[ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → calvitie f

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baldness

n

→ Kahlheit f

(of style, statement) → Knappheit f

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baldness

[ˈbɔːldnɪs] n → calvizie fsg

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bald

(boːld) adjective

1. (of people) with little or no hair on the head. a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald). kaalkop, bles أصْلَع плешив careca plešatý kahl skaldet φαλακρόςcalvo kiilas کچل؛ تاس kalju chauveקרח गंजा ćelav kopasz botak sköllóttur calvo はげた 대머리의 praplikęs, plikas plikpaurains botak kaalskalletłysy پك، ګنجى، لغړ، ساده، بې سينګاره، بې تصنعه careca chel лысый plešivý plešast ćelav [flint]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 pelado holý, bezsrstý kahl skaldet χωρίς φτέρωμα ή τρίχωμα (για πουλιά και ζώα) pelado paljas گر kalju dépourvu de plumes, de poils קרח 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 گرگي، پمن 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 claro strohý unverblümt utilsløret απλός, σκέτος, χωρίς λεπτομέρειες escueto, sencillo ilustamatu رک و راست paljas sans ornementsפשוט izravan puszta seadanya umbúðalaus semplice ありのままの 단조로운 tiesus, nepagražintas neizpušķots; kails kosong nuchterusmykket, enkel, utilslørtsuchy, lakoniczny لوڅ او لغړ 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

ˈbaldness noun

blesheid صَلَع плешивост calvície plešatost, suchopárnost die Kahlheit skaldethed φαλάκραcalvicie kiilaspäisus کچلی kaljupäisyys calvitieקרחת गंजापन ćelavost kopaszság kebotakan skalli calvizie はげていること 꾸밈 없음, 대머리임 nuplikimas plikpaurība kebotakan kaalheidskallethet brak włosów, lakoniczność ګنجى، لغړ calvície calviţie плешивость plešivosť; strohosť pleša(vost) ćelavost [flint]skallighet ความล้าน; ความโล่ง dazlaklık, kellik 禿頭 плішивість گنجا پن sự hói; sự nghèo nàn; trơ trụi 秃，光秃

ˈbalding adjective

becoming bald. bleswordend يَنْصَلِع، مُنْصَلِع оплешивяване ficando careca plešatějící kahl werden ved at blive skaldet 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 ګنجيتوب، لغړتوب 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

ˈbaldly adverb

in a plain or bare way. He answered her questions baldly. reguit, sonder entoesiasme بصلراحه، بِصراحَه، بصورةٍِ جافَّه просто claramente suše, stroze unverblümt enkelt og klart απλά, σκέτα, χωρίς λεπτομέρειες escuetamente, sencillamente ilustamatult رک و روراست paljaasti sèchementבפשטות दोटूक smjelo kereken seadanya umbúðalaust schiettamente あからさまに 솔직하게 tiesiai, be užuolankų bez aplinkiem; tieši terang nuchterenkelt, tørt, utilslørt sucho بربنډ، واضح، نيغه 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

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bald·ness

n. calvicie.

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baldness

n calvicie f; frontal — calvicie frontal; vertex — calvicie del vértice, calvicie de la parte superior de la cabeza

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