beard

UK /bɪəd/ US /bɪɹd/

noun 5verb 5name 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + BEARD

grow

have, sport, wear

My grandfather has worn the same long beard for over thirty years.

clip, cut, trim | shave (off)

pull (at), stroke, tug (at)

The old man tugged at his beard while thinking about the problem.

BEARD + VERB

grow

He decided to grow a beard while he was on holiday last summer.

be streaked with sth

My grandfather's beard is streaked with white after years of hard work.

BEARD + NOUN

growth, stubble

After skipping his morning shave, dark beard stubble covered his jawline by evening.

PREP

with a/the ~

The old man with a beard walked slowly through the market every morning.

PHRASES

a three-day/seven-day, etc. growth of beard, a three-day-old, etc. beard

Definitions

noun

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

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

At this moment the cock began to play; he stuck out his beard, trailed his wings down by his legs, and made, with great solemnity and wavelike motions of his neck, a few steps forward on the branch, while he stuck up his tail and spread it out like a big wheel.

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.

verb

To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

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

Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Am I to be bearded in my own castle by an insolent monk?

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

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

Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.

name

A surname transferred from the nickname.

A place name:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself

byssus

noun — the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

whiskers

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

beard the lion in his den

To confront an adversary in his or her own environment.

And dar'st thou then / To beard the lion in his den, / The Douglas in his hall?

Example Bank

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the beard of grain

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While all toms—adult male turkeys—have beards, nearly 10 percent of hens also have one, albeit a much stubbier, wispier version.

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Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

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Am I to be bearded in my own castle by an insolent monk?

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No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, beard is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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