Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bald
Participle: balded
Gerund: balding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bald |
| you | bald |
| he;she;it | balds |
| we | bald |
| you | bald |
| they | bald |
Perfect
| I | have balded |
| you | have balded |
| he;she;it | has balded |
| we | have balded |
| you | have balded |
| they | have balded |
Past
| I | balded |
| you | balded |
| he;she;it | balded |
| we | balded |
| you | balded |
| they | balded |
Pluperfect
| I | had balded |
| you | had balded |
| he;she;it | had balded |
| we | had balded |
| you | had balded |
| they | had balded |
Future
| I | will bald |
| you | will bald |
| he;she;it | will bald |
| we | will bald |
| you | will bald |
| they | will bald |
Future Perfect
| I | will have balded |
| you | will have balded |
| he;she;it | will have balded |
| we | will have balded |
| you | will have balded |
| they | will have balded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bald |
| you | bald |
| he;she;it | bald |
| we | bald |
| you | bald |
| they | bald |
Perfect
| I | have balded |
| you | have balded |
| he;she;it | have balded |
| we | have balded |
| you | have balded |
| they | have balded |
Imperfect
| I | balded |
| you | balded |
| he;she;it | balded |
| we | balded |
| you | balded |
| they | balded |
Pluperfect
| I | had balded |
| you | had balded |
| he;she;it | had balded |
| we | had balded |
| you | had balded |
| they | had balded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bald |
| you | would bald |
| he;she;it | would bald |
| we | would bald |
| you | would bald |
| they | would bald |
Perfect
| I | would have balded |
| you | would have balded |
| he;she;it | would have balded |
| we | would have balded |
| you | would have balded |
| they | would have balded |
Imperative
| you | bald |
| we | Let's bald |
| you | bald |
Verbs conjugated like 'bald'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bald'
bad,
bale,
balk,
ball,
balm,
band,
bard,
bawd,
bold,
wald,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
3. Proto-Germanic *balluz
4. Old English *beall
5. Middle English bal?
6. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m
8. Proto-Germanic *bēlą
9. Proto-West Germanic *bāl
10. Old English bæl?
11. Middle English balled
12. English bald
13. From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”).
14. An alternate etymology relates it to Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”).
Sample Sentences
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He looked like a new Army recruit. "You've balded me!" he cried. He was so mad and hurt. He told Mom he wasn't going back to school until his hair grew out. [2009, Bill Murray, Renegade Colonel, page 34:]