beard
IPA: bˈɪrd
noun
- Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
- The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
- The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
- The byssus of certain shellfish.
- The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
- In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
- (botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
- Long, hair-like feathers that protrude from the chest of a turkey
- A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
- The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
- That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
- (printing, dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
- (LGBT, slang) A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in Warren Township, Clinton County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, named after Josiah Beard.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after ex-convict Timothy Beard.
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
- (transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
- (transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
- (transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
- (intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.
- (LGBT, slang, transitive, intransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
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Examples of "beard" in Sentences
- He shaved his beard.
- He is shaving his beard.
- That Guy with the beard and the long hair.
- Pogonophobia is the irrational phobia of beards.
- The guy with the beard and the long hair is my uncle.
- Sewanhanka staff, students shave off beards for charity.
- He is extremely tall and lanky, with red hair and a beard.
- His face is ashen white, the same colour as his beard and hair.
- The beard on the crucified Christ above the altar is of real hair.
- The services offered are the same as Manhattan a haircut is $40, a straight razor shave is $40, and a beard trim is $15.
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