baldness

«baldness» in Mova's school dictionary: Having little or no hair on the head — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (baldness, uncountable); adjective bald

meaning for a pupil

1) Having little or no hair on the head. tree →

2) The state of a surface being bare, without its usual covering (the baldness of a worn tyre). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health it is described as hair loss, often in older men and sometimes caused by illness or medicine. In stories it describes a character's look. Phrases: male-pattern baldness, going bald.

examples

• Baldness often runs in families. tree →
• Grandpa jokes about his baldness. tree →
• Some medicines can cause baldness for a while. tree →
• His baldness made him easy to spot in the crowd. tree →
• Many men start going bald as they get older. tree →
• The bald eagle is not really bald; it has white feathers on its head. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Adjective: bald (a bald man, a bald tyre). Myth: wearing hats does not cause baldness. Be kind: talking about someone's baldness can be rude.

In the corpora

• People are sensitive about how they look: wrinkles, baldness, being short or not pretty, or getting forgetful with age.
• Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «baldness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.