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beard
1[ beerd ]
noun
- a thick growth of hair on the face, especially on an adult man, often including a mustache:
He's been growing out his beard for a couple of months, and it's filling in nicely.
- Zoology. a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting the thick growth of hair on the human face, such as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat or the cluster of hairlike feathers at the base of the bill in certain birds.
- Botany. a tuft or growth of awns or the like, as on wheat or barley.
- a barb or catch on an arrow, fishhook, knitting needle, crochet needle, etc.
- Also called bev·el neck [bev, -, uh, l nek]. Printing.
- the sloping part of a type that connects the face with the shoulder of the body.
- British. the space on a type between the bottom of the face of an x-high character and the edge of the body, comprising both beard and shoulder.
- the cross stroke on the stem of a capital G.
- Slang. a romantic partner chosen to conceal a person's sexual orientation, especially that of a gay or lesbian person.
verb (used with object)
- to oppose boldly; defy:
It took courage for the mayor to beard the pressure groups.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of:
The hoodlums bearded the old man.
- to supply with a beard.
verb (used without object)
- Slang. to act as a romantic partner to someone in order to conceal their sexual orientation, especially that of a gay or lesbian person.
Beard
2[ beerd ]
noun
- Charles Austin, 1874–1948, and his wife Mary, 1876–1958, U.S. historians.
- Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, U.S. artist and naturalist: organized the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.
- James Andrew, 1903–85, U.S. cooking teacher and food writer.
beard
/ ɪə /
noun
- the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face
- any similar growth in animals
- a tuft of long hairs in plants such as barley and wheat; awn
- the gills of an oyster
- a barb, as on an arrow or fish-hook
- slang.a woman who accompanies a homosexual man to give the impression that he is heterosexual
- printing the part of a piece of type that connects the face with the shoulder
verb
- to oppose boldly or impertinently
- to pull or grasp the beard of
beard
- A tuft or group of hairs or bristles on certain plants, such as barley and wheat. The individual strands of a beard are attached to a sepal or petal.
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- · adjective
- ܲ· verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of beard1
Word History and Origins
Origin of beard1
Example Sentences
"In some ways, you stick a wig and a beard on someone, little round granny glasses and a white suit and everyone goes, 'It's John Lennon'"
The Gold Diggers logo featured a bearded man, who appeared to be a miner, carrying a pickax over his shoulder and wearing a headlamp with a baseball where the light should be.
It’s not clear the ex to whom she is referring, but she famously dated and was engaged to NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers — another brawny, bearded man.
Mr Combs was led into a wood-panelled courtroom on Friday in New York's southern district federal court wearing a greenish-tan prison jumpsuit, with overgrown grey hair and a beard.
The picture looks a bit dimmer without the bearded, smiling, swerving Kupp.
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