beard

B1
Pronunciation
/bɪəd/
/biɚd/
Noun
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

2 Definition

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

3 Definition

The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

4 Definition

The byssus of certain shellfish.

5 Definition

The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.

6 Definition

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

7 Definition

Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.

Example Sentences
  • the beard of grain
8 Definition

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

9 Definition

The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.

10 Definition

That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

11 Definition

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

12 Definition

A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

2 Definition

To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

Example Sentences
  • Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.
3 Definition

To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

4 Definition

To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

5 Definition

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.