Bald

a.
  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.
  2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
  3. Undisguised.
  4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
  5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
    1. Destitute of the natural covering.
    2. 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.