barefoot
adverb or adjective
bare·foot
ˈber-ˌfu̇t 
variants
or barefooted
: with the feet bare
walked barefoot
barefoot boy, with cheek of tan—
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Meghan, 43, and Lilibet, 3, dressed in white ensembles, walk barefoot across the grass, hand in hand.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Franke confessed to forcing her children to do physical labor and punishments, cutting off her son’s oxygen supply, binding his wrists and ankles, and making her daughter run outside barefoot on hot days.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
On Malibu’s storied Pacific Coast Highway, Kenya Johnson walked barefoot towards the red orb of a setting sun that glowed behind ochre clouds of smoke above the dazzle of the ocean.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Key Facts Timmerman, 29, was found Thursday while wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Damascus after rebel forces freed him from an unspecified Syrian prison, according to multiple reports.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Erin Hill, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Franke confessed to forcing her children to do physical labor and punishments, cutting off her son’s oxygen supply, binding his wrists and ankles, and making her daughter run outside barefoot on hot days.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
On Malibu’s storied Pacific Coast Highway, Kenya Johnson walked barefoot towards the red orb of a setting sun that glowed behind ochre clouds of smoke above the dazzle of the ocean.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Key Facts Timmerman, 29, was found Thursday while wandering barefoot in a suburb south of Damascus after rebel forces freed him from an unspecified Syrian prison, according to multiple reports.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Barefoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barefoot. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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