barefooted

See also: bare-footed

English

Etymology

bare +‎ footed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛːfʊtɪd/

Adjective

barefooted (comparative more barefooted, superlative most barefooted)

1. Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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, Abacus 2010, p. 9:

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

Synonyms

• barefoot, discalceate, discalced, shoeless, unshod, unshoed

Translations

barefoot — see barefoot

Adverb

barefooted (comparative more barefooted, superlative most barefooted)

1. Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.

Translations

barefoot — see barefoot