1. No hair on the head; hairless, smooth: When he became bald, he bought a toupee.
2. Lacking a natural or usual covering; bare, without cover, treeless, denuded, barren: The mountain is bald above the tree line.
3. Open, bare, undisguised: That is a bald falsehood!

1. To form something into a round shape: I stood up quickly and balled the letter in my hands and threw it into the trash.
2. To have created a state of confusion or of getting things in a tangle or a mess: Because the overseer did not check all the details before giving the order, the workers balled up the project.

1. Past tense of bawl (cried loudly); cried, wailed, wept: The nursery was full of babies who bawled for long periods.
2. Cried out noisily; shouted, bellowed, yelled: The captain bawled for the sergeant to come immediately.
3. Said loudly; shouted by using a very loud voice: The manager shouted, "Come in here, now!" and the salesman was bawled out for showing up late.