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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. 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.]
bald′ly adv.
bald′ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | baldly - in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work." |
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Translations
بصلراحه، بِصراحَه، بصورةٍِ جافَّه
strozesuše
enkelt og klart
umbúîalaust
stroho
dazlak bir şekildeyalın bir şekilde
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bald
(boːld) adjective1. (of people) with little or no hair on the head. a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).
2. (of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc. a bald patch on the dog's back.
3. bare or plain. a bald statement of the facts.
ˈbaldness nounˈbalding adjective
becoming bald.
ˈbaldly adverb in a plain or bare way. He answered her questions baldly.
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