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Spell Bee Word: barefoot


Basic Details

Word: Barefoot

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Not wearing shoes or socks.

Synonyms: shoeless

Antonyms: shod

Sounds like: bear (a large furry animal; also to carry or put up with something)

How to Spell Barefoot

Syllables: bare - foot

Tricky part: The first part is bare, meaning uncovered, not bear, the animal. It is written as one word.

Watch out for: bearfoot, barfoot, barefut

Memory tip: Your feet are bare, not furry like a bear's: bare + foot.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We walked barefoot on the cool marble floor of the temple.

Example 2: Little Chotu likes to walk barefoot on the warm sand at Juhu beach.

Example 3: Many villagers once worked barefoot in the paddy fields.

Fun Fact

Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics running barefoot.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) tiptow
b) fotprint
c) barefoot
d) footbal

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c) barefoot. Football has two l's, footprint two o's and tiptoe ends in oe, so barefoot is the only complete word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The children ran bearfoot across the wet grass after the storm.

a) grass
b) storm
c) bearfoot
d) children

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c) bearfoot. A bear is an animal; feet with nothing on them are bare.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: barefoot

a) careless
b) sleepless
c) helpless
d) shoeless

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d) shoeless. Barefoot and shoeless both mean without shoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are people usually asked to go barefoot?

a) on a building site
b) inside many temples
c) on a cricket pitch during a match
d) in a busy kitchen

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b) inside many temples

2. Why should you not walk barefoot on a hot road?

a) It cools you down.
b) It cleans the road.
c) It can burn your feet.
d) It makes you taller.

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c) It can burn your feet.

Associated Words

compassionatediealliancegenerationimpatient
allowedremedialrespectfulseparationbroadcasting

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