a straggly beard

  • 1straggly — adjective (stragglier; est) Date: 1818 spread out or scattered irregularly < a straggly beard > …

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  • 2beard — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bushy, flowing, full, shaggy ▪ neat, neatly clipped, neatly trimmed, trim ▪ patchy …

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  • 3straggly — adj. Straggly is used with these nouns: ↑beard …

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  • 4thin — thin1 W2S2 [θın] adj comparative thinner superlative thinnest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not thick)¦ 2¦(not fat)¦ 3¦(hair)¦ 4¦(liquid)¦ 5¦(smoke/mist)¦ 6¦(air)¦ 7¦(excuse/argument/evidence etc)¦ 8 a thin …

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  • 5thin — 1 /TIn/ comparative thinner superlative thickest adjective 1 NOT THICK having a very small distance or a smaller distance than usual between two sides or two flat surfaces: a thin nylon rope | She s only wearing a thin summer jacket. | two thin&#8230; …

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  • 7shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument&#8230; …

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  • 8straggle — v. & n. v.intr. 1 lack or lose compactness or tidiness. 2 be or become dispersed or sporadic. 3 trail behind others in a march or race etc. 4 (of a plant, beard, etc.) grow long and loose. n. a body or group of straggling or scattered persons or&#8230; …

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