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beard
(bîrd)n.
1. A growth of hair on the chin, cheeks, and throat of a person, especially a man.
2. A tuft or growth of hairs, bristles, or other hairlike threads on a plant or animal.
3. One who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another, especially a person of the opposite sex who accompanies a gay man or lesbian to give the impression of heterosexuality.
4. Printing The raised slope on a piece of type between the shoulder or counter and the face. Also called neck.
tr.v. beard·ed, beard·ing, beards
1. To furnish with a beard.
2. To confront boldly.
beard′less adj.
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beard
(bɪəd)n
1. (Anatomy) the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face
2. (Zoology) any similar growth in animals
3. (Botany) a tuft of long hairs in plants such as barley and wheat; awn
4. (Zoology) the gills of an oyster
5. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a barb, as on an arrow or fish-hook
6. (Angling) a barb, as on an arrow or fish-hook
7. slang a woman who accompanies a homosexual man to give the impression that he is heterosexual
8. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the part of a piece of type that connects the face with the shoulder
vb (tr)
9. to oppose boldly or impertinently
10. to pull or grasp the beard of
[Old English beard; related to Old Norse barth, Old High German bart, Latin barba]
ˈbearded adj
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beard
(bɪərd)n.
1. hair growing on the lower part of the face, esp. on the face of a man, sometimes including a mustache.
2. a similar growth on the chin of some animals or near the bill in some birds.
3. a tuft or growth of awns or the like, as on wheat or barley.
4. a barb or catch on an arrow, fishhook, etc.
5. the sloping part of a printing type that connects the face with the shoulder of the body.
v.t. 6. to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of.
7. to oppose boldly; defy.
8. to supply with a beard.
[before 900; Middle English berd, Old English beard, c. Old High German bart, Old Frisian berd, Latin barba, Russian borodá]
Beard
(bɪərd)n.
1. Charles Austin, 1874–1948, and his wife Mary, 1876–1958, U.S. historians.
2. Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, U.S. artist and naturalist: organized the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.
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beard
Past participle: bearded
Gerund: bearding
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| Noun | 1. |  beard - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's faceadult male body, man's body - the body of an adult man facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) fuzz - the first beard of an adolescent boy imperial, imperial beard - a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III beaver - a full beard moustache, mustache - an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; "he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache" goatee - a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard stubble - short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days vandyke beard, vandyke - a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) Attilio, soul patch - a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| 2. |  beard - a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grassesawn - slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses | |
| 3. | beard - a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) | |
| 4. |  beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammalscaprine animal, goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" | |
| 5. |  beard - tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | |
| Verb | 1. | beard - go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights" rim - run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate" |
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beard
noun whiskers, bristles, stubble, goatee, facial hair, five-o'clock shadow Charlie's bushy black beard
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beard
verbTo confront boldly and courageously:
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Translations
حَسَكُ الُّنْبُلَهلحيةلـِحْيَةلِحْيَهَ
брада
vousvousybradabradkaosiny
skæghår
barbo
habe
parta
brada
szakálltoklász
skegghár, tÿtur, òræîir
barbaappuntamento di copertura
あごひげ
턱수염
barba
barzdabarzdotasakuotai
bārdaakots
barbă
bradaosť
brada
bradaбрада
skägg
เครา
борода
râu
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
beard
[ˈbɪərd] n → barbe fto have a beard → être barbu (e)
He's got a beard → Il est barbu.
a man with a beard → un barbu
to grow a beard → se laisser pousser la barbe
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
beard
n
vt (= confront) → ansprechen; to beard somebody about something → jdn auf etw (acc) → hin ansprechen; to beard the lion in his den (Brit fig) → sich in die Höhle des Löwen wagen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
beard
(biəd) noun1. the hair that grows on the chin. a man's beard; a goat's beard.
2. a group of hair-like tufts on an ear of corn. the beard on barley.
ˈbearded adjectivebearded men.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
beard
→ لـِحْيَة vousy skæg Bart μούσι barba parta barbe brada barba あごひげ 턱수염 baard skjegg broda barba борода skägg เครา sakal râu 胡须Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
beard
n. barba.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
beard
n barbaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.