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barefoot
English
Etymology
From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærf?t (“barefoot”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaf?ts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare +? foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berf?t ("barefoot"; modern Saterland Frisian boarfouts (“barefoot”, adverb)), Dutch barrevoets (“barefoot”, adverb), German barfuß (“barefoot”), Danish barfodet (“barefoot”), Swedish barfota (“barefoot”, adverb), Icelandic berfættur (“barefoot”), Yiddish ????????? (borves, “barefoot”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b??f?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??f?t/
- Hyphenation: barefoot
Adjective
barefoot (not comparable)
- Wearing nothing on the feet.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- CALIBAN:
- […]
- His spirits hear me,
- And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch
- Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire,
- Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark
- Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but
- For every trifle are they set upon me,
- Sometimes like apes that now and chatter at me,
- And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which
- Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount
- Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I
- All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues
- Do hiss me into madness—
- […]
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- (colloquial, of a vehicle on an icy road) Not using snow chains.
- (CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
Synonyms
- barefooted, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed
Translations
Adverb
barefoot (not comparable)
- Wearing nothing on the feet.
- She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
- (CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
Translations
Derived terms
- barefooting
- the shoemaker's children go barefoot
Further reading
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harefoot
English
Alternative forms
- hare foot hare's foot, hare's-foot
Etymology
From Middle English hare-fot, equivalent to hare +? foot. Compare Old English haran-hi?e (“hare's-foot (plant)”).
Noun
harefoot (plural harefeet)
- A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward, as in dogs.
- (botany) A type of clover, Trifolium arvense.
Translations
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