Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈbɛː(ə).fʊt.ɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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ˈbɛːfʊtɪd
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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.
There were no roads, only paths through the grass worn away by barefooted boys and women.
Adverb
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
Adjective
without shoes
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the barefoot boy
shoeless Joe Jackson
Adverb
without shoes on
- Synonyms
- Examples
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he chased her barefoot across the meadow