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beard

(bîrd)

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.

[Middle English berd, from Old English beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]

beard′less adj.

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beard

(bɪəd)

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.

beard

Past participle: bearded
Gerund: bearding

Imperative
beard
beard

Present
I beard
you beard
he/she/it beards
we beard
you beard
they beard

Preterite
I bearded
you bearded
he/she/it bearded
we bearded
you bearded
they bearded

Present Continuous
I am bearding
you are bearding
he/she/it is bearding
we are bearding
you are bearding
they are bearding

Present Perfect
I have bearded
you have bearded
he/she/it has bearded
we have bearded
you have bearded
they have bearded

Past Continuous
I was bearding
you were bearding
he/she/it was bearding
we were bearding
you were bearding
they were bearding

Past Perfect
I had bearded
you had bearded
he/she/it had bearded
we had bearded
you had bearded
they had bearded

Future
I will beard
you will beard
he/she/it will beard
we will beard
you will beard
they will beard

Future Perfect
I will have bearded
you will have bearded
he/she/it will have bearded
we will have bearded
you will have bearded
they will have bearded

Future Continuous
I will be bearding
you will be bearding
he/she/it will be bearding
we will be bearding
you will be bearding
they will be bearding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bearding
you have been bearding
he/she/it has been bearding
we have been bearding
you have been bearding
they have been bearding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bearding
you will have been bearding
he/she/it will have been bearding
we will have been bearding
you will have been bearding
they will have been bearding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bearding
you had been bearding
he/she/it had been bearding
we had been bearding
you had been bearding
they had been bearding

Conditional
I would beard
you would beard
he/she/it would beard
we would beard
you would beard
they would beard

Past Conditional
I would have bearded
you would have bearded
he/she/it would have bearded
we would have bearded
you would have bearded
they would have bearded

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Noun	1.	beard - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face face fungus, whiskers adult 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 grasses fuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" awn - 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) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	4.	beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals caprine 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 byssus fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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"

beard

noun whiskers, bristles, stubble, goatee, facial hair, five-o'clock shadow Charlie's bushy black beard

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beard

verb

To confront boldly and courageously:

brave, challenge, dare, defy, face, front.

Idioms: fly in the face of, snap one's fingers at, stand up to, thumb one's nose at.

Translations

حَسَكُ الُّنْبُلَهلحيةلـِحْيَةلِحْيَهَ

брада

vousvousybradabradkaosiny

skæghår

Bart Granne Grannen Vollbart

γενειάδα γένι μούσι

barbo

barba arista

habe

parta

barbe

brada

szakálltoklász

skegghár, tÿtur, òræîir

barbaappuntamento di copertura

あごひげ

턱수염

barba

barzdabarzdotasakuotai

bārdaakots

barbă

bradaosť

brada

bradaбрада

skägg

เครา

sakalbaşak kılçığıpüskül

борода

râu

胡须植物的芒

beard

[bɪəd]

A. N

1. → barba f
to have or wear a beard → llevar barba

2. (Bot) → arista f

B. VT → desafiar

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

[ˈbɪə^rd] n → barbe f
to 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

beard

→ Bart m; (full-face) → Vollbart m; a man with a beard → ein Mann mit Bart; a two-day or three-day beard (hum) → ein Dreitagebart m (inf); a week’s (growth of) beard → ein eine Woche alter Bart; small pointed beard → Spitzbart m

(of goat, bird) → Bart m; (of fish also) → Barthaare pl; (of grain) → Grannen pl

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

beard

[bɪəd]

1. n → barba

2. vt to beard the lion in his den (hum) → affrontare il nemico in casa sua

beard

(biəd) noun

1. 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 adjective

bearded men.

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

beard

n. barba.

beard

n barba

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'Look at him,' said she; 'his beard is like an old mop; he shall be called Grisly-beard.' So the king got the nickname of Grisly-beard.

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By this time Dorothea had seated herself upon the curate's mule, and the barber had fitted the ox-tail beard to his face, and they now told Sancho to conduct them to where Don Quixote was, warning him not to say that he knew either the licentiate or the barber, as his master's becoming an emperor entirely depended on his not recognising them; neither the curate nor Cardenio, however, thought fit to go with them; Cardenio lest he should remind Don Quixote of the quarrel he had with him, and the curate as there was no necessity for his presence just yet, so they allowed the others to go on before them, while they themselves followed slowly on foot.

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He had a Roman nose, a snow-white, long beard, and his name was Mahon, but he insisted that it should be pronounced Mann.

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Unc looked out of the window and stroked his long beard. Then he turned to the Munchkin boy and shook his head.

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"So that was how we moved from the cave to the tree," old Long- Beard spoke up.

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It was a face covered with several weeks' growth of ginger-colored beard. The eyes were blue and wide apart, with laughter-wrinkles in the comers that showed despite the tired and anxious expression of the whole face.

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I noticed a man bending over a chess-board, but could see only a large felt hat and a red beard. We threaded our way among the tables till we came to him.

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"By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

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Ferdinand Street; he went there to have his beard and hair cut.

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Such a yell of welcome broke forth when his black beard first protruded round the corner that I began to suspect Tarp Henry was right in his surmise, and that this assemblage was there not merely for the sake of the lecture, but because it had got rumored abroad that the famous Professor would take part in the proceedings.

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'Why, you're all covered with hoar-frost, old fellow!' said the eldest brother, looking at Nikita's snow-covered face, eyes, and beard.

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She combed, she brushed, she oiled, she perfumed the flowing locks and the long silky beard of Miserrimus Dexter with the strangest mixture of dullness and dexterity that I ever saw.