barefoot B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ UK /ˈbɛəfʊt/ See IPA manual Freq #12607 Meanings 1 adj wearing nothing on the feet The barefoot children ran across the warm sand. 2 adv without shoes or other footwear She walked barefoot through the grass. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · wearing nothing on the feet shoelessunshodbarefooted 2 adv · without shoes or other... without shoes ↔ Opposites shod Word family Forms barefooted Derived forms barefootedbarefooting Related forms barefootfootwear Appears in Phrases (1) See all barefoot boy a male child wearing no shoes or socks Adjective + noun Proverbs (1) See all Women should be barefoot and pregnant Etymology From Middle English barefote and Old English baerfot, a compound of bare + foot. Closely related compounds occur throughout the Germanic languages. Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # barefoot **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj, adv **IPA (US):** /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɛəfʊt/ **Frequency rank:** 12607 ## Meanings 1. wearing nothing on the feet 2. without shoes or other footwear ## Examples - The barefoot children ran across the warm sand. - She walked barefoot through the grass. ## Synonyms - shoeless - unshod - barefooted ## Antonyms - shod ## Derived Forms - barefooted - barefooting ## Related Forms - bare - foot - footwear ## Etymology From Middle English barefote and Old English baerfot, a compound of bare + foot. Closely related compounds occur throughout the Germanic languages. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown