beard (noun)

  • 1beard — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bushy, flowing, full, shaggy ▪ neat, neatly clipped, neatly trimmed, trim ▪ patchy …

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  • 2beard — ► NOUN 1) a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man s face. 2) a tuft of hairs or bristles on certain animals or plants. ► VERB ▪ boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable). DERIVATIVES bearded adjective beardless adjective …

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  • 3beard — /bɪəd / (say beard) noun 1. the growth of hair on the face of an adult male, sometimes exclusive of the moustache. 2. Zoology a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting a human beard, as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat, or …

  • 4beard moss — noun greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees • Syn: ↑beard lichen, ↑Usnea barbata • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Usnea, ↑genus Usnea * * * noun …

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  • 5beard lichen — noun greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees • Syn: ↑beard moss, ↑Usnea barbata • Hypernyms: ↑lichen • Member Holonyms: ↑Usnea, ↑genus Usnea * * * noun …

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  • 6beard´like´ — beard «bihrd», noun, verb. –n. 1. the hair growing on a man s face, especially on his chin and cheeks. 2. something resembling or suggesting this. The chin tuft of a goat is a beard; so are the stiff hairs around the beak of a bird. 3. Informal.… …

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  • 7beard´less|ness — beard|less «BIHRD lihs», adjective. 1. without a beard. 2. youthful or immature. SYNONYM(S): young, callow. 3. Botany. without beard or awn: »beardless wheat. –beard´less|ness, noun …

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  • 8beard|less — «BIHRD lihs», adjective. 1. without a beard. 2. youthful or immature. SYNONYM(S): young, callow. 3. Botany. without beard or awn: »beardless wheat. –beard´less|ness, noun …

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  • 9beard moss — noun Any of several lichens of the genus Usnea, that generally grow hanging from tree branches, resembling grey or greenish hair. Syn: beard lichen, old mans beard, treemoss …

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  • 10beard — [ bırd ] noun count * hair that grows on a man s chin and cheeks: his thick white beard a. hair that grows on the face of an animal such as a goat …

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