Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the feet bare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the feet bare.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Wearing nothing on the feet;
barefoot . - adverb Wearing nothing on the feet;
barefoot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without shoes
- adverb without shoes on
Etymologies
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Examples
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It will be noticed, that the retainers guarding the exterior and entrance are barefooted, which is a mark of respect in honour of the rank of the culprit, and of the solemnity of the occasion.
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver
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It was a world-penance for a world to see, and paltry indeed it made appear that earlier penance, barefooted in the snow, of an emperor to a pope for daring to squabble over temporal power.
Goliah 2010
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They were not "down there" and they had walked barefooted "up north".
The James Rifle 2009
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They were not "down there" and they had walked barefooted "up north".
The James Rifle 2009
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That this barefooted beachcomber should possess such high-sounding dignity was inconceivable.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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A few minutes later a barefooted native girl padded in and shook her head.
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Running aft, barefooted and barelegged, the rainwater dripping from his scant clothing, the mate displaced the black at the wheel.
A SON OF THE SUN 2010
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The blinds were always down, and her barefooted tribe was never permitted to enter the sacred precinct save on state occasions.
Chapter 23 2010
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Not only did he not wear pants, and was barefooted and barelegged, but about his middle, just like any black, he wore a brilliant-coloured loin-cloth, that, like a kilt, fell nearly to his sunburnt knees.
CHAPTER II 2010
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The baron, shivering barefooted, pulled out his watch.
CHAPTER 24 2010
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