01 a. 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.
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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.
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Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.“In the preface to his own bald translation.” — Dryden.
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Undisguised.
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4.
Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.[Obs.]
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Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.(Bot.)
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Destitute of the natural covering.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Bald buzzard —
the fishhawk or osprey.
Bald coot —
a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.