barefooted
See also: bare-footed
English
Etymology
bare + footed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛːfʊtɪd/
Adjective
barefooted (comparative more barefooted, superlative most barefooted)
- Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 278:
- By following the sound I came upon a bare-footed old woman with a yellow dried-up countenance, who was bending down over the pigs' trough, busy filling it with food, for which the noisy little creatures were fighting, tearing, pushing, and yelling, with expectation and delight.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 9:
- There were no roads, only paths through the grass worn away by barefooted boys and women.
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Synonyms
- barefoot, discalceate, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed
Translations
barefoot — see barefoot
Adverb
barefooted (comparative more barefooted, superlative most barefooted)
- Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
Translations
barefoot — see barefoot