bald
gb/bˈɔld/ us/bˈɔld/
A2
انگریزی
~ 9000
معانی
0 معانی
adjective
A2
property
1
Having little or no hair
Having little or no hair on the top of the head.
استعمال کا انداز:
[someone]/[an animal] is bald; a bald [body_part/person]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse "bald" with "bold" because they look similar. "Bald" means having no hair; "bold" means brave or not afraid. Learners also sometimes say "he has bald" instead of "he is bald" or "he has a bald head". Use "be bald" for general description, and "have a bald head" for body part.
ہم معنی الفاظ
hairless (More general and technical; can describe any part of the body or an animal, not just a person's head.)
متضاد الفاظ
hairy (Describes someone or something with a lot of hair, the opposite of having no hair.)
لفظی تراکیب
go bald
|completely bald
|bald head
|bald man
|bald spot
|prematurely bald
موضوعات
appearance
|health
|daily life
|body
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- By the time he was forty, he was completely bald.
- He wears a hat to protect his bald head from the sun.
- My uncle started going bald in his late twenties.
- Some people feel more confident after shaving their heads bald.
- The chemotherapy left her temporarily bald.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- My father is bald now.
- He has a bald head and a big beard.
- The man in the photo is tall and bald.
- My friend is young but he is already a little bald.
- He lost his hair and is almost bald.
adjective
B1
property
2
Bare, without usual covering
With no normal covering on the surface, so that it looks bare or smooth.
استعمال کا انداز:
a bald [area/surface]; a bald [hill/tyre/patch]
عام غلطی:
Learners may overuse this sense and say things like "bald wall" or "bald table" where native speakers would normally say "bare wall" or "empty table". "Bald" for surfaces is more natural with hills, patches of land, tyres, and sometimes rocks or spots where something has worn away.
ہم معنی الفاظ
bare (Very close in meaning; can refer to many kinds of uncovered surfaces, not only the specific lack of a usual covering.)
متضاد الفاظ
covered (Describes a surface that still has its normal covering, the opposite of being bare or exposed.)
لفظی تراکیب
bald hill
|bald patch
|bald tyre
|bald spot on the lawn
|bald rock
موضوعات
nature
|transport
|description
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- From the top of the bald hill, you can see the entire valley.
- The car failed its inspection because it had a bald tyre.
- There is a bald patch on the lawn where the kids always play football.
- The wind has left the mountaintop completely bald of trees.
- A bald spot on the carpet showed where the chair used to stand.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- We walked up a bald hill with no trees.
- The mechanic told me my front tyre is bald.
- There is a bald patch in our garden with no grass.
- The mountain top was bald and covered in rocks.
- His shoes are old and the heels are almost bald.
adjective
B2
property
3
Plain and undisguised (statement)
Describes words that are very direct and simple, with no extra detail and no try to hide the truth.
استعمال کا انداز:
a bald [statement/lie/fact/denial]
عام غلطی:
Learners may wrongly connect this sense with hair and think it describes a person. In this meaning, "bald" only describes language (statements, facts, lies, claims) that is very direct and plain. Do not say "a bald person" to mean they speak directly; that uses the hair meaning instead.
ہم معنی الفاظ
blunt (Suggests direct language that may sound rude; "bald" focuses more on being plain and lacking detail or disguise.)
متضاد الفاظ
sugar-coated (Describes language that is made softer or nicer to hide or reduce something unpleasant, the opposite of being plain and undisguised.)
لفظی تراکیب
bald statement
|bald lie
|bald facts
|bald denial
|bald assertion
موضوعات
communication
|judgment
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- The report was full of bald statements with no supporting evidence.
- Calling it an accident was a bald lie and everyone knew it.
- The journalist presented the bald facts of the case without comment.
- Her email was a bald denial of any responsibility.
- The company made a bald claim that the product was completely safe.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The article gives only the bald facts of the story.
- Saying he "forgot" was a bald lie.
- The manager made a bald statement that some people would lose their jobs.
- His answer was a bald denial of the problem.
- The letter is short and very bald in style.
فعل
B2
action
4
Lose hair and become bald
To lose hair from your head so you become bald.
استعمال کا انداز:
[someone] balds; [someone] balds with [age/stress]
عام غلطی:
Learners more often use the adjective and say "he is bald" and may not realize there is also a verb. The verb "bald" is much less common than phrases like "lose his hair" or the adjective "balding". Use it mainly in simple statements like "He began to bald in his thirties," not to mean "shave" or "cut" the hair.
ہم معنی الفاظ
lose one's hair (A more common everyday phrase; it clearly describes the process but is longer and less formal as a dictionary verb.)
متضاد الفاظ
grow hair (Describes the opposite process of getting more hair instead of losing it.)
لفظی تراکیب
start to bald
|begin to bald
|bald with age
موضوعات
appearance
|health
|body
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- He began to bald in his early thirties.
- Many men bald earlier than they expect.
- Some people bald quickly, while others lose their hair very slowly.
- Stress and illness can cause people to bald sooner.
- By middle age he had already started to bald on top.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- My brother started to bald at twenty-five.
- Some men bald when they are still young.
- He is afraid he will bald like his father.
- Many people bald slowly over many years.
- He began to bald after his surgery.
گرامر
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bald
IPA
GB/bˈɔld/
US/bˈɔld/
ہجا بندی اور زور
bald (1 ہجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (bald)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Adjective
- Base: bald
- Comparative: balder
- Superlative: baldest
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
balder
adjective
baldest
adjective
Core family
baldness
noun
Related words
balding
adjective
Advanced or less common
baldly
adverb C1
عبارات
as bald as a coot
1/ˈæz bˈɔld ˈæz ə kˈut/
idiom
informal
Completely without hair on the head
Very bald; with no hair on the head at all.
مثالیں
- By fifty he was as bald as a coot.
- My uncle is as bald as a coot but he says he likes the look.
- The cartoon shows a man as bald as a coot and very proud of it.
bald eagle
1/bˈɔld ˈiɡəl/
fixed phrase
Species of North American eagle
A large bird of prey from North America with a white head, the national bird of the United States.
مثالیں
- We saw a bald eagle flying over the river.
- The bald eagle is a powerful symbol in American culture.
- Bald eagles were once endangered but their numbers have increased.
bald-faced lie
1/bˈɔld fˈeɪst lˈaɪ/
idiom
An obvious, shameless lie
A lie that is very clear and open, and shows no feeling of shame.
مثالیں
- Everyone knew his excuse was a bald-faced lie.
- Calling it an accident was a bald-faced lie and an insult to the victims.
- She looked me in the eyes and told a bald-faced lie.
go bald
1/ɡˈoʊ bˈɔld/
fixed phrase
Lose enough hair to be bald
To lose so much hair that you are (or look) bald.
مثالیں
- My grandfather started to go bald in his twenties.
- Men often go bald earlier than women.
- He is worried he will go bald like his father did.