bald

Verb · Adjective

Synonyms: barefaced bald-headed bald-pated denuded denudate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

grow bald; lose hair on one's head“He is balding already”

Adjective (3)

with no effort to conceal“a barefaced lie”Synonyms: barefaced
lacking hair on all or most of the scalp“a bald pate”“a bald-headed gentleman”Synonyms: bald-headed bald-pated
without the natural or usual covering“a bald spot on the lawn”“bare hills”Synonyms: denuded denudate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bald \Bald\ (b[add]ld), 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. [1913 Webster]

On the bald top of an eminence.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. [1913 Webster]

In the preface to his own bald translation.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

3.Undisguised. " Bald egotism." --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

4.Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

5.(Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. [1913 Webster]

6.(Zool.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. [1913 Webster]

Bald buzzard (Zool.), the fishhawk or osprey.

Bald coot (Zool.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. [1913 Webster]

baldheaded \bald"head`ed\, bald-headed \bald"-head`ed\, a. Having a bald head; lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; -- alsp called bald and bald-pated; as, a bald-headed gentleman. [1913 Webster +PJC]