balding
(adjective) getting bald
Source: WordNet® 3.1
balding
present participle of bald
balding (comparative more balding, superlative most balding)
becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness
• Bigland, badling, blading
Balding (plural Baldings)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Balding is the 30701st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 759 individuals. Balding is most common among White (91.7%) individuals.
• Bigland, badling, blading
Source: Wiktionary
Bald, a. Etym: [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p.p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. sq. root85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.]
1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth.
2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. Dryden.
3. Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.
4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
5. (Bot.)
Definition: Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
6. (Zoöl.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. Bald buzzard (Zoöl.), the fishhawk or osprey.
– Bald coot (Zoöl.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
