Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: barefoot
IPA transcription: [b'ɛɹf,ʊt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: barefoot, barefooted, shoeless
    Meaning: without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: barefooted, barefoot
    Meaning: without shoes on; "he chased her barefoot across the meadow"
Usage examples
  • I rushed out barefoot and dispelled his fears, and, after shaking hands, questioned him how he knew who I was.
  • She cried pitifully, and was almost dead when a brown-faced, barefoot boy, with a fishing-pole on his shoulder, passed and heard her.
  • I watched Lena sitting there so smooth and sunny and well cared-for, and thought of how she used to run barefoot over the prairie until after the snow began to fly, and how Crazy Mary chased her round and round the cornfields.
  • Their shoes were of the same, and a good Western authority calls a wet moccasin "a decent way of going barefoot." About the time, however, when Lincoln grew to manhood, garments of wool and of tow began to be worn, dyed with the juice of the butternut or white walnut, and the hides of neat-cattle began to be tanned.