balding

See also: Balding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːldɪŋ

Verb

balding

1. present participle and gerund of bald

Adjective

balding (comparative more balding, superlative most balding)

1. Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.
   • 2002, Laurance L. Priddy, Critical Evidence, page 96:

     […] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano.

Derived terms

• nonbalding

 

Translations

becoming bald

• Bulgarian: оплешивяващ (bg) (oplešivjavašt)
• Czech: plešatějící m
• Dutch: kalen (nl), kaal worden
• Finnish: kaljuuntuva
• Indonesian: menggundul (id), meranggas (id), mengaus (id)
• Maori: tihetihe
• Portuguese: calvejante, calvo (pt)
• Russian: лысе́ющий (ru) (lyséjuščij)

Anagrams

• Bigland, badling, blading