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bald [bɔ:ld] pridevnik (baldly prislov)
plešast, gol
figurativno boren, reven; suhoparen; belolisast (konj); očiten, otipljiv

bald as a coot (ali billiard ball, an egg) popolnoma plešast

bald-headed [bɔ́:ldhédid] pridevnik
plešast

to go at (ali into, for) s.th. bald-headed napeti vse sile, odločno ravnati

bare² [bɛə] pridevnik
gol, slečen, nepokrit; prazen; preprost; oguljen, ponošen; oropan; plešast; neokrašen; sam
figurativno očiten

bare boards gola tla
the bare fact že samo dejstvo
in one's bare skin čisto gol
as bare as the palm of one's hand kakor bi pometel, čisto pust
under bare poles navtika s spuščenimi jadri

glabrous [gléibrəs] pridevnik
biologija gol, plešast, gladek

hairless [hɛ́əlis] pridevnik
brez las, plešast

scalpless [skǽlplis] pridevnik
(ki je) brez skalpa; plešast

baldish [bɔ́:ldiš] pridevnik
nekoliko plešast

coot [ku:t] samostalnik
zoologija vodna kokoška; črna liska
pogovorno bedak

as bald as a coot popolnoma plešast

hair [hɛə] samostalnik
las, lasje, dlaka

figurativno against the hair ne pogodu, kar ti ne gre v račun
by (ali within) a hair za las
to a hair točno, natančno
to comb s.o.'s hair for him ozmerjati koga
to do one's hair frizirati se
to get s.o. by the short hairs dobiti koga v oblast
to get in s.o.'s hair (raz)dražiti koga, razjeziti
ameriško to have s.o. in one's hair imeti koga na vratu
to keep one's hair on obrzdati se, ostati miren
to let down one's hair olajšati si srce, postati zaupljiv; prirodno se vesti
to lose one's hair izgubiti lase, postati plešast; pogovorno razburiti se
to make s.o.'s hair curl (ali stand on end) prestrašiti koga, da se mu lasje ježijo; prestrašiti koga, da mu gredo lasje pokonci
to put (ali turn) up one's hair po žensko se počesati (dekle, ko odraste)
to split hairs dlako cepiti
to take hair of the dog that bit you klin s klinom izbijati (pijača)
figurativno to tear one's hair lase si puliti
not to touch a hair of s.o.'s head tudi lasu komu ne skriviti
not to turn a hair niti z očesom ne treniti, obvladati se
without turning a hair ne da bi trenil

-pated [péitid] pridevnik
določene glave (v sestavljenkah)

shallow--pated praznoglav
bald--pated plešast

tonsure [tɔ́nšə]

1. samostalnik
striženje las; tonzuriranje
religija tonzura
figurativno posvetitev za duhovnika

2. prehodni glagol
religija ostriči, tonzurirati, obriti tonzuro na glavi

tonsured tonzuriran; ostrižen; plešast; duhovniški