Baldie vs. Bald

Somebody who is bald.

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

(slang) A fish, the baldchin groper.

Having no hair, fur or feathers.

Having no hair on the head.

Example: ‘a bald man with a moustache’;

(by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.

Example: ‘The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.’;

Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

Unembellished.

Without evidence or support being provided.

(Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

(intransitive) To become bald.

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.

Example: ‘On the bald top of an eminence.’;

Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

Example: ‘In the preface to his own bald translation.’;

Undisguised.

Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.

Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

Destitute of the natural covering.

grow bald; lose hair on one's head;

Example: ‘He is balding already’;

with no effort to conceal;

Example: ‘a barefaced lie’;

without the natural or usual covering;

Example: ‘a bald spot on the lawn’; ‘bare hills’;

lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;

Example: ‘a bald pate’; ‘a bald-headed gentleman’;