BAREFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barefoot mean? 

• BAREFOOT (adjective)
  The adjective BAREFOOT has 1 sense:

1. without shoes

  Familiarity information: BAREFOOT used as an adjective is very rare.

• BAREFOOT (adverb)
  The adverb BAREFOOT has 1 sense:

1. without shoes on

  Familiarity information: BAREFOOT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAREFOOT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without shoes

Synonyms:

barefoot; barefooted; shoeless

Context example:

shoeless Joe Jackson

Similar:

unshod; unshoed (not shod)

• BAREFOOT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without shoes on

Synonyms:

barefoot; barefooted

Context example:

he chased her barefoot across the meadow

 Context examples 

To prevent it: • Keep your feet clean, dry, and cool • Wear clean socks • Don't walk barefoot in public areas • Wear flip-flops in locker room showers • Keep your toenails clean and clipped short

(Athlete's Foot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

They particularly affect the very poor, such as barefoot farmers in low- and middle-income countries.

(Snakebite resolution set for Health Assembly approval, SciDev.Net)

It is in length three glomglungs (which make about fifty-four English miles,) and two and a half in breadth; as I measured it myself in the royal map made by the king’s order, which was laid on the ground on purpose for me, and extended a hundred feet: I paced the diameter and circumference several times barefoot, and, computing by the scale, measured it pretty exactly.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I watched him build the fire and set about cooking food for himself; then I stole into the cabin for my marmalade and underclothes, slipped back past the galley, and climbed down to the beach to deliver my barefoot report.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

My favourite seat was a smooth and broad stone, rising white and dry from the very middle of the beck, and only to be got at by wading through the water; a feat I accomplished barefoot.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)