balding
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bald·ing
(bôl′dĭng)adj.
Becoming bald.
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balding
(ˈbɔːldɪŋ)adj
somewhat bald or becoming bald
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| Adj. | 1. |  balding - getting bald hairless - having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail" |
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balding
adjective losing your hair, receding, thin on top, becoming bald a balding man with a dense mat of body hair
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Translations
يَنْصَلِع، مُنْصَلِع
plešatějící
kaljuuntuva
kopaszodó
aî verîa sköllóttur
plešivejúci
dazlaklaşankelleşen
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balding
adj his balding head → sein schütter werdendes Haar; a balding gentleman → ein Herr mit schütterem Haar; he is balding → er bekommt langsam eine Glatze
n → Haarausfall m
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bald
(boːld) adjective1. (of people) with little or no hair on the head. a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).
2. (of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc. a bald patch on the dog's back.
3. bare or plain. a bald statement of the facts.
ˈbaldness nounˈbalding adjective
becoming bald.
ˈbaldly adverb in a plain or bare way. He answered her questions baldly.
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