/ bɔːld; NAmE / adjective
1.
having little or no hair on the head :
He started going bald in his twenties.
2.
without any of the usual hair, marks, etc. covering the skin or surface of sth :
Our dog has a bald patch on its leg.
a bald tyre (= a tyre whose surface has become smooth)
3.
without any extra explanation or detail to help you understand or accept what is being said :
The bald fact is that we don't need you any longer.
The letter was a bald statement of our legal position.
—see also baldly ➡ note at plain
► bald·ness noun [ U ]
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IDIOMS
- (as) bald as a coot
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : probably from a base meaning white patch , which came from the archaic sense marked or streaked with white . Compare with Welsh ceffyl bal , denoting a horse with a white mark on its face.