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Meanings of barefooted in English

Without shoes.

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Examples for "barefoot"
1
Earlier, she said, he had forced her to walk four miles barefoot.
The Irish Times
2
His shoes were in the barefoot style: worn both up and down.
The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
3
Rachel Solando didn't slip barefoot out of a locked room without help.
Shutter Island
4
Others were wearing the minimum for decency: many barefoot, many more bare-chested.
Imajica: Complete Edition
5
Have you seen the barefoot running shoes many companies are making now?
The Guardian
1
The furtive suggestion of those shoeless feet struck her with horror-formless ,unreasoning
The Coast of Chance
2
He walked over and put his gun against the shoeless man's nose.
Rogues
3
I'll describe your hangdog look and shoeless state for her too.
The Name of the Wind
4
Unfortunately for the 27 year-old, she was shoeless at the time.
The Irish Times
5
Leaves crunched under his feet, which were large and shoeless, tough with calluses.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
Usage of barefooted in English
1
They were all barefooted; this was another sign of their religious importance.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
2
The whoop of a barefooted, black-faced urchin in the corridor roused him.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
3
He knew that half of them were practically barefooted and in rags.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
4
Two barefooted, but very husky negroes came running in from the portico.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
5
Buck was sitting on the fence by the roadside, barefooted and hatless.
A Knight of the Cumberland
6
He was barefooted, and the snake bit him right on the heel.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
7
He obeyed, and then the barefooted trio entered the front kitchen together.
The History of David Grieve
8
Around and around the ivy-covered stone structure wandered the rain-soaked, barefooted girl.
Tess of the Storm Country
9
Nick walked barefooted along the path through the meadow below the barn.
Men without Women
10
Two were naked to the waist, as well as barefooted and barelegged.
Modern India
11
To keep their shoes and socks dry, the young hunters went barefooted.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
12
And Kat had to go barefooted and carry her one wooden shoe.
The Dutch Twins
13
They went barefooted before then and I'm barefooted in some things yet.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
14
He was barefooted and walked noiselessly to where a lion lay asleep.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
15
But you must go barefooted and be as nimble as a goat.
The Call of the Blood
16
She was barefooted, and wore a straight garment of faded blue cotton.
A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common