beard (noun)

  • 81wingstem — noun perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States • Syn: ↑golden ironweed, ↑yellow ironweed, ↑golden honey plant, ↑Verbesina alternifolia, ↑Actinomeris alternifolia • Hypernyms: ↑crownbeard, ↑ …

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  • 82bearded — beard ► 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… …

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  • 83beardless — beard ► 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… …

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  • 84stubby — /ˈstʌbi / (say stubee) adjective (stubbier, stubbiest) 1. of the nature of or resembling a stub. 2. short and thick or broad; thickset. 3. consisting of or having many stubs. 4. bristly, as the hair or beard. –noun (plural stubbies) Also, stubbie …

  • 85hawksbeard — hawksˈbeard noun A plant (genus Crepis) very like hawkweed • • • Main Entry: ↑hawk …

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  • 86crownbeard — noun any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads • Syn: ↑crown beard, ↑crown beard • Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant • Hyponyms: ↑wingstem, ↑ …

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  • 87shaving cream — noun toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving • Syn: ↑shaving soap • Hypernyms: ↑toiletry, ↑toilet articles, ↑soapsuds, ↑suds, ↑lather * * * …

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  • 88longbeard — noun a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) • Syn: ↑bellarmine, ↑long beard, ↑greybeard • Hypernyms: ↑jug * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1 …

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  • 89five-o'clock shadow — noun Etymology: so called from the resemblance of a dark beard s stubble to a shadow : the growth of beard present late in the afternoon on the face of a man who has not shaved since morning * * * five o clock shadow noun (informal) The new… …

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  • 90face fungus — noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man s face • Syn: ↑beard, ↑whiskers • Derivationally related forms: ↑beard (for: ↑beard) • Hypernyms: ↑facial hair …

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