Definition of BAREFOOT

barefoot

Adjective Satellite

  • without shoes
    • "the barefoot boy"

Adverb

  • without shoes on
    • "he chased her barefoot across the meadow"

Adj

  • Wearing nothing on the feet.
  • Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
  • Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

Adv

  • Wearing nothing on the feet.
  • Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.

Adjective

  • Wearing nothing on the feet.

Examples

  • After taking off their shoes, socks and sandals at the doorway, the kids were barefoot.
  • She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
  • Sometimes the best move is a simple, barefoot word on a single-letter square.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English barefote, barfot, from Old English bærfōt (“barefoot”), from Proto-Germanic *bazafōts (“barefoot”) equivalent to bare + foot. Cognate with Scots barefit (“barefoot”), Old Frisian berfōt ("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 באָרוועס (borves, “barefoot”).

Scrabble Score: 13

barefoot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
barefoot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barefoot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

barefoot: valid Words With Friends Word