beard (noun)

  • 21beard — 1 noun (C) 1 hair that grows around a man s chin compare moustache 2 something similar to a beard, such as hair growing on an animal s chin bearded adjective 2 verb (T) beard sb in their den to go and see someone who has influence or authority,… …

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  • 22beard — 1. noun a black beard Syn: facial hair, whiskers, stubble, five o clock shadow, bristles; goatee, imperial, Vandyke 2. verb it was up to me to beard the bully Syn: confront, face, challenge, brave, come face to face with …

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  • 23beard grass — /ˈbɪəd gras / (say beard grahs) noun 1. any of various tufted, hairy grasses of the genus Chrysopogon, found in northern central Australia. 2. a grass with beard like flowering spikes, Polypogon monspeliensis, of marshy areas near the sea …

  • 24old man's beard — noun 1. dense festoons of greenish grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America • Syn: ↑Spanish moss, ↑black moss, ↑long moss, ↑Tillandsia… …

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  • 25beard-heath — /bɪəd ˈhiθ / (say beard heeth) noun any of a number of shrubs of the Australian genus Leucopogon with hairy corolla lobes …

  • 26beard — 1. noun /bɪə(ɹ)d,bɪɹd,biɚd/ a) Facial hair on the chin, cheeks and jaw. b) A woman who accompanies a gay male in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual. 2. verb /bɪə(ɹ)d,bɪɹd,biɚd/ …

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  • 27beard — [bɪəd] noun [C] hair that grows on a man s chin and cheeks bearded adj …

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  • 28Vandyke beard — /vændaɪk ˈbɪəd/ (say vanduyk beard) noun a short, pointed beard …

  • 29crown beard — /kraʊn ˈbɪəd/ (say krown beard) noun an annual yellow flowered herb, Verbesina encelioides, native to America but often found as a weed in dry areas …

  • 30hawk's beard — /ˈhɔks bɪəd/ (say hawks beard) noun any species of the genus Crepis, family Compositae, having yellow or orange flowers …