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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bald \Bald\, a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth. 2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. --Dryden. 3. Undisguised. `` Bald egotism.'' --Lowell. 4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean [Obs.] 5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as bald wheat. 6. (Zo["o]l.) a Destitute of the natural covering. b Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. {Bald buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), the fishhawk or osprey. {Bald coot} (Zo["o]l.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bald adj 1: with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: {barefaced}] 2: without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" [syn: {bare}, {denuded}, {denudate}] 3: lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" [syn: {bald-headed}, {bald-pated}] v : grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"
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