to bald
2
3.9
- verb
- /bɔld/
- He started to bald in his twenties, worrying about how it would affect his confidence.
- start to bald
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Watch on YouTubeYou're not getting that sight back if you go bald.
- You're not getting that sight back if you go bald.
- If a cisgender man is worried about going bald, he can get testosterone blockers from his GP.
- It's all guys like me have Is the is the hope and prayer that guys like you go bald.
- He's like a shortish, rough looking tattoos, you know, sort of balding, sort of, you know, a middle age sort of guy.
Examples
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The short, balding 45-year-old commander's face turned red as he ordered Emilio confined to his room.
Fiction book (1996) -
The face is that of a large man, balding, with a mustache and a goatee.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think I'm going to go bald on top but let my sides grow long.
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And if you don't have to go bald, why should you, right?
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Slightly balding, he had the face of a working man, someone who had been out in all weather.
Fiction book (1999) -
Although I'm balding slightly on top.
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The man is described as being in his mid-60s, balding, and wearing glasses.
Blog text (23) -
Matt, you're gonna start balding at 22.
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A man in his early forties, balding and starting to paunch, goes to the reception desk.
Fiction book (1996) -
The younger man sitting beside him was balding, thick-set, and had a pugnacious jut of his jaw.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
22
2.7
Starting to lose hair on the head
Idioms
Compounds
- US
18
2.9
A large North American bird with a white head and tail and dark brown body, symbol of the United States
- US
1
7.4
A large tree that loses its leaves and grows in swamps in the southeastern United States
1
8.2
A large black and white hornet in North America that builds paper nests in trees and defends them
1
9.6
A large tree with a wide trunk base that grows in swamps of the southern United States
- US
Wood from the tree used for furniture and outdoor building because it resists rot
How Bald
2
3.9
35
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bald (verb) comes from the same old word for 'bare', so to bald simply means to become 'bare' of hair. This links the action to the idea of losing your hair and becoming exposed.