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How to pronounce bald in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms denudate, denuded


a bald spot on the lawn.
Type Words
Synonyms bald-headed, bald-pated
Derivation baldness


a bald pate.
a bald-headed gentleman.
Type Words
Synonyms barefaced
Type Words
Type of grow, turn


He is balding already.

Examples of bald

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The Nooksack wild fish escapement goal, which feeds bald eagles, is 18,000 fish.
From the thenewstribune.com
That would be Aang, a child with a sacred blue arrow tattooed on his bald scalp.
From the time.com
In the southeast corner of the cemetery, there's a nest made by two bald eagles.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He's like a young man worrying about going bald and at his age it's excuciating.
From the guardian.co.uk
The agency has noticed many drivers attempting to drive on snow with bald tires.
From the sacbee.com
Above the straight line of his eyebrows the bald dome of his head gleamed dully.
From the theatlantic.com
Nitschke was bald when he led Green Bay to victory in the very first Super Bowl.
From the washingtontimes.com
John McCain would be the first bald or balding chief executive since Eisenhower.
From the washingtonpost.com
When you sweep a floor, make sure you do a good job, or you'll marry a bald man.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"
  • With no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie"
  • Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman"
  • Without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"
  • (baldly) in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work."
  • Baldness is the state of having no hair or lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species. ...
  • Bald! was a "fly-on-the-wall" documentary about baldness, broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in April 2003. The show followed a number of men as they tried to hold back the advancement of hair loss, and the methods that they tried to cope with the problem.
  • A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains; to become bald; Having no hair, fur or feathers; Of tyres: whose surface is worn away; Of a statement: empirically unsupported
  • White face of horse, including eyes, nostrils or part of the latter.