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balden (third-person singular simple present baldens, present participle baldening, simple past and past participle baldened)
- (transitive) To make bald
- 1885, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Cobwebs:
- Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place.
- (intransitive) To become bald
- 2010, Jordan Belcher, Tre Pound, page 123:
- At 65 years old, the top of his head had baldened, but gray patches surrounded his ears.
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