Barefoot
adverb
Without wearing any shoes or socks on the feet.
He walked barefoot on the sandy beach.
Often appears as...
- walk barefoot
- run barefoot
adjective
Not wearing any shoes or socks.
She is a barefoot girl with a simple, joyful heart.
Often appears as...
- barefoot boy
- barefoot girl
noun
A style of running that is done without wearing shoes.
He used to run marathons, but now prefers barefoot.
Often appears as...
- barefoot running
- barefoot marathon
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adverb
Without wearing any shoes or socks on the feet.
He walked barefoot on the sandy beach.
Often appears as...
- walk barefoot
- run barefoot
adjective
Not wearing any shoes or socks.
She is a barefoot girl with a simple, joyful heart.
Often appears as...
- barefoot boy
- barefoot girl
noun
A style of running that is done without wearing shoes.
He used to run marathons, but now prefers barefoot.
Often appears as...
- barefoot running
- barefoot marathon
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'barefoot' to emphasize the feeling of different surfaces under the feet.
Walking barefoot in the grass felt refreshing.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
In some cultures, being barefoot is a sign of respect or spirituality.
Visitors must go barefoot to enter the temple.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Setting
'Barefoot' suggests a casual, informal situation or environment.
The beach bar allows customers to be barefoot.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'barefoot' to emphasize the feeling of different surfaces under the feet.
Walking barefoot in the grass felt refreshing.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
In some cultures, being barefoot is a sign of respect or spirituality.
Visitors must go barefoot to enter the temple.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Setting
'Barefoot' suggests a casual, informal situation or environment.
The beach bar allows customers to be barefoot.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Use 'barefoot' to emphasize the feeling of different surfaces under the feet.
Walking barefoot in the grass felt refreshing.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
In some cultures, being barefoot is a sign of respect or spirituality.
Visitors must go barefoot to enter the temple.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Setting
'Barefoot' suggests a casual, informal situation or environment.
The beach bar allows customers to be barefoot.
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Mechai Viravaidya: How...
now that we got AIDS somewhat out of the way -- this time, not with government alone, but in cooperation with the business community. Because poor people are business people who lack business skills and access to credit. Those are the things to be provided by the business community. We're trying to turn them into barefoot entrepreneurs,
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Rose George: Let's talk...
He's barefoot. He'll run back into his house, and he will contaminate his drinking water and his food and his environment with whatever diseases he may be carrying by fecal particles that are on his fingers and feet. In what I call the flushed-and-plumbed world that most of us in this room are lucky to live in,
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Are you challenging...
first Ironman I ever did it was the most human day in the history of that day in Florida and when I got off the bike to put my left foot in my sneaker my foot had exploded and I couldn't fit it in the sneaker no one told me that that scenario would happen talk about barefoot running another race
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How Mr. Condom made...
what will help the poor those are living in poverty access to credit must be a human right access to credit human right otherwise they'll never get out of poverty and then before getting alone you must be trained here's a what we call a barefoot MBA teaching people how
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Mark Bezos: A life...
he was having a very engaging conversation with the homeowner, who was surely having one of the worst days of her life. Here it was, the middle of the night, she was standing outside in the pouring rain, under an umbrella, in her pajamas, barefoot,
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How to put the power of...
sometimes we call them community paralegals, or barefoot lawyers, can be a bridge. These paralegals are from the communities they serve. They demystify law, break it down into simple terms, and then they help people look for a solution.
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What happens when you...
the rustling of the sheets, my husband walking barefoot in the next room -- could cause excruciating pain. I would spend most of the next two years in bed. How could my doctor have gotten it so wrong? I thought I had a rare disease,
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Viper Bite in Slow Mo! PIPE...
Heading into the night barefoot to answer the call of nature is the norm in rural areas and one of the most common causes of snake encounters. Using the figures from the new report, and his own decades of field experience,
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Digging up Paperwork PIPE...
is buried but there is one thing here he'll need as he ventures into California here it is this is what I'm after the most important thing you need walking around modern civilization papers walk around a city barefoot I
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Knot a Message PIPE The...
Barefoot so you take a little piece of bark and leave it like this so it looks like a barefoot today Mick's come here to leave a message for his good friend norm the man he hopes can help him cross the river this one is
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Mechai Viravaidya: How...
now that we got AIDS somewhat out of the way -- this time, not with government alone, but in cooperation with the business community. Because poor people are business people who lack business skills and access to credit. Those are the things to be provided by the business community. We're trying to turn them into barefoot entrepreneurs,
Video examples
Rose George: Let's talk...
He's barefoot. He'll run back into his house, and he will contaminate his drinking water and his food and his environment with whatever diseases he may be carrying by fecal particles that are on his fingers and feet. In what I call the flushed-and-plumbed world that most of us in this room are lucky to live in,
Video examples
Are you challenging...
first Ironman I ever did it was the most human day in the history of that day in Florida and when I got off the bike to put my left foot in my sneaker my foot had exploded and I couldn't fit it in the sneaker no one told me that that scenario would happen talk about barefoot running another race
Video examples
How Mr. Condom made...
what will help the poor those are living in poverty access to credit must be a human right access to credit human right otherwise they'll never get out of poverty and then before getting alone you must be trained here's a what we call a barefoot MBA teaching people how
Video examples
Mark Bezos: A life...
he was having a very engaging conversation with the homeowner, who was surely having one of the worst days of her life. Here it was, the middle of the night, she was standing outside in the pouring rain, under an umbrella, in her pajamas, barefoot,
Video examples
How to put the power of...
sometimes we call them community paralegals, or barefoot lawyers, can be a bridge. These paralegals are from the communities they serve. They demystify law, break it down into simple terms, and then they help people look for a solution.
Video examples
What happens when you...
the rustling of the sheets, my husband walking barefoot in the next room -- could cause excruciating pain. I would spend most of the next two years in bed. How could my doctor have gotten it so wrong? I thought I had a rare disease,
Video examples
Viper Bite in Slow Mo! PIPE...
Heading into the night barefoot to answer the call of nature is the norm in rural areas and one of the most common causes of snake encounters. Using the figures from the new report, and his own decades of field experience,
Video examples
Digging up Paperwork PIPE...
is buried but there is one thing here he'll need as he ventures into California here it is this is what I'm after the most important thing you need walking around modern civilization papers walk around a city barefoot I
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Knot a Message PIPE The...
Barefoot so you take a little piece of bark and leave it like this so it looks like a barefoot today Mick's come here to leave a message for his good friend norm the man he hopes can help him cross the river this one is
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Quote examples
Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
I love singing opera, but the world surrounding it is not me. I want to be barefoot. I want to be in control of my own career. I want to put on a show. In the opera world, you wait for people to call you until you get to a certain level. In the folk world, it's a lot easier to have control from the beginning.
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Zola Budd
South African Athlete
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.
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David Guetta
French Musician
My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake.
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Thiago Silva
Brazilian Athlete
I remember I'd be playing in the streets with friends, sometimes barefooted. I'd come home with sore feet, but wanting to do the same the day after. That passion made us keep playing. Playing in the dirt was our daily joy.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.
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Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I want to live a normal life - drive my kids to school, have tons of animals running around, be barefoot and pregnant. I want all that.
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Yanni
Greek Musician
A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
I desire to leave this world as I entered it - barefoot and broke.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.
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Shakira
Musician
I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
I love singing opera, but the world surrounding it is not me. I want to be barefoot. I want to be in control of my own career. I want to put on a show. In the opera world, you wait for people to call you until you get to a certain level. In the folk world, it's a lot easier to have control from the beginning.
Quote examples
Zola Budd
South African Athlete
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.
Quote examples
David Guetta
French Musician
My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake.
Quote examples
Thiago Silva
Brazilian Athlete
I remember I'd be playing in the streets with friends, sometimes barefooted. I'd come home with sore feet, but wanting to do the same the day after. That passion made us keep playing. Playing in the dirt was our daily joy.
Quote examples
Summer Sanders
American Athlete
I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.
Quote examples
Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I want to live a normal life - drive my kids to school, have tons of animals running around, be barefoot and pregnant. I want all that.
Quote examples
Yanni
Greek Musician
A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
Quote examples
Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
I desire to leave this world as I entered it - barefoot and broke.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.
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Shakira
Musician
I'm barefoot whenever I can be.
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