barefooted

See also: bare-footed

English

Etymology

From bare +‎ footed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛː(ə).fʊt.ɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɚ.fʊt.ɪd/

Adjective

barefooted (not comparable)

1. Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H. L. Brækstad, 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: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 9:

     There were no roads, only paths through the grass worn away by barefooted boys and women.

Synonyms

• barefoot, bare-footen, discalceate, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed

Translations

barefoot — see barefoot

Adverb

barefooted (not comparable)

1. Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.

Translations

barefoot — see barefoot