"balding" meaning in English

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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oplešivjavašt",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "оплешивяващ"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
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          "word": "plešatějící"
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "kalen"
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "kaal worden"
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "kaljuuntuva"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "menggundul"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
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          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "mengaus"
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "tihetihe"
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          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "calvejante"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
          "word": "calvo"
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          "roman": "lyséjuščij",
          "sense": "becoming bald",
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      "sense": "becoming bald",
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      "sense": "becoming bald",
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