barefoot
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1.1
- adjective
- /ˈbɛrˌfʊt/
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- The night before production began I walked the entire estate barefoot.
- go barefoot
- walk barefoot
- stand barefoot
in August barefoot, you don't know hot.
- in August barefoot, you don't know hot.
- Why is barefoot better than a shoe?
- She must just wear flats or go barefoot, then maybe she does.
- So it's impractical to walk barefoot outside.
- Yeah, under an umbrella in a nightgown, barefoot.
- Then she dropped her backpack and took off her shoes and started running barefoot across the countryside.
- Oh cool, we decided to try to walk through the swamp barefoot.
- The planet's so hot that you can't walk on it barefoot.
- And my father, first of six brothers, grew up really poor, walked to school barefoot.
- One day that Johnson was there recently, Berger was also at the home opening the front door barefoot in pajama bottoms.
- He is going into freezing water in the winter and he is walking out for hours outside barefoot in the snow.
Examples
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Walking barefoot on the soft sand felt amazing under her feet.
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Then she dropped her backpack and took off her shoes and started running barefoot across the countryside.
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- I bet you like to run barefoot on the beach.
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Walking barefoot on this beach is more painful than you think it's going to be.
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A group of monks, Drew in the lead, come running down the path, barefoot in the snow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Children this age are mobile and, in the hot, damp climate, are often barefoot and scantily dressed.
Academic text (1994) -
I found her barefoot in a hut with a baby wrapped up in a shawl.
Fiction book (1992) -
He ran out of the house in his pajamas, barefoot, and he nearly got hit by a cab!
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She loves to dance barefoot in the grass during summer evenings.
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He often played basketball barefoot on the outdoor court in his neighborhood.
Synonyms
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1.7
Having nothing on the feet
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8.6
A person or animal that is not wearing shoes, like a horse without horseshoes
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1.5
With no shoes on your feet
Not wearing shoes, especially said about animals like horses
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Morphology
Etymology
Barefoot comes from the simple parts bare and foot, where bare means 'naked' or 'uncovered' and foot is the same word you know; it paints the picture of a 'naked foot', which is why barefoot means not wearing shoes.