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beard

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Synonyms: bear, bead, board, bard, beare, heard, yeard, reard, bears, beary, beara

Antonyms: bear, bead, board, bard, beare, heard, yeard, reard, bears, beary, beara

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q42804}}[[facial|Facial]] [[hair]] on the [[chin]], [[cheeks]], [[jaw]] and [[neck]].
  2. The cluster of small [[feather]]s at the base of the [[beak]] in some [[bird]]s.
  3. The [[appendage]]s to the jaw in some [[cetacean]]s, and to the mouth or jaws of some [[fish]]es.
  4. The [[byssus]] of certain [[shellfish]].
  5. The [[gill]]s of some [[bivalve]]s, such as the [[oyster]].
  6. {{lb|en|entomology|[[lepidopterology]]}} The [[hair]]s of the [[labial]] [[palpus|palpi]] of [[moth]]s and [[butterfly|butterflies]].
  7. {{lb|en|botany}} The [[long]] or [[stiff]] [[hair]]s on a [[plant]]; the [[awn]].
  8. Long, [[hairlike]] [[feather]]s that [[protrude]] from the [[chest]] of a [[turkey]].
  9. A [[barb]] or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
  10. The curved [[underside]] of an [[axehead]], extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the [[axehandle]].
  11. That part of the [[underside]] of a [[horse]]'s lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the [[curb]] of a [[bridle]].
  12. {{lb|en|printing|dated}} That part of a [[type]] which is between the [[shoulder]] of the [[shank]] and the [[face]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[grow]] [[hair]] on the [[chin]] and [[jaw]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[boldly]] and [[bravely]] [[oppose]] or [[confront]], often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the [[gill]]s.
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|beekeeping}} Of bees, to [[accumulate]] together in a beard-like shape.
  6. {{lb|en|LGBTQ|slang|ambitransitive}} 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]].

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en|from=nicknames}}.
  2. A [[place name]]:

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