Meaning & use
Bald
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Having little or no hair on the scalp; also used more broadly to mean plain, blunt, or without ornamentation or disguise.
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He shaved his head and has been bald ever since.
She gave a bald assessment of the company's finances, with no sugarcoating.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, as in "bald statement" or "bald lie," extends the literal idea of baldness to mean something stripped of covering or decoration.
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2. adjective
Lacking a natural or usual covering, as of vegetation.
The storm left the hillside bald and eroded.
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