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adjective

1. Without the usual covering: bare, naked, nude. See put on/take off.
2. Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bare, dry, plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: having no covering
Antonyms: hairy, hirsute

adj

Definition: simple, unadorned
Antonyms: adorned, decorated

IN BRIEF: Having little or no hair.

Many babies are bald only to grow beautiful heads of hair later on.

Tutor's tip: The "bald" (without hair) baby "balled" herself up (curled into a ball shape) and "bawled" (cried).

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sign description: The middle (touch) finger makes a circular motion on the top of the head.

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Absence of hair; alopecia.

• pattern b. — occurs in dogs as hair loss of the ears in Dachshunds, predominantly males; hair loss on the ventral neck, caudomedial thighs and tail in American water spaniels and Portuguese water dogs; and hair loss on the postauricular areas, ventral and neck and ventral body in dogs of several small breeds.

For a list of words related to baldness, see:

• Afflictions and Conditions - baldness: alopecia

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See words rhyming with "bald."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skaldet, ubehåret

idioms:

• bald eagle    nordamerikansk havørn (det nationale symbol)

Nederlands (Dutch)
kaal, naakt, kalen

Français (French)
adj. - chauve, dégarni, lisse (un pneu), plat, sec (un style), flagrant

idioms:

• bald eagle    aigle d'Amérique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kahl, schlicht

idioms:

• bald eagle    Weißkopf-Seeadler

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φαλακρός, καραφλός, μαδημένος, αποψιλωμένος, φθαρμένος, φαγωμένος, απερίφραστος, αδιακόσμητος

idioms:

• bald eagle    αλιαετός ο λευκοκέφαλος, φαλακρός αετός

Italiano (Italian)
calvo

idioms:

• bald eagle    aquila nordamericana dalla testa bianca

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - careca, sem vegetação, implume, árido, atrevido, pobre

idioms:

• bald eagle    águia (f) de cabeça branca (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
лысый

idioms:

• bald eagle    белоголовый орел - символ США

Español (Spanish)
adj. - calvo, pelado

idioms:

• bald eagle    águila calva, ave heráldica de los Estados Unidos de América

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skallig, enkel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
秃头的, 单调的, 光秃的

idioms:

• bald eagle    白头鹰, 秃鹰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 禿頭的, 單調的, 光禿的

idioms:

• bald eagle    白頭鷹, 禿鷹

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대머리의, 단조로운, 노골적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 禿げた, 木がない, 葉のない, 単調な, あからさまの

idioms:

• bald eagle    ハクトウワシ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بسيط, غير مزخرف, أصلع, أجرد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קירח, גלוי, ללא כחל ושרק, פשוט‬

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