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barefoot

  • adjective
  • /ˈbɛɹfʊt/

Wearing nothing on the feet.

Example

“After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot.”

Other meanings

  1. Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.

  2. Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

Example sentences

  • “What are you doing outside barefoot in such freezing weather?”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "bærfōt".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “barefoot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.