beard
Other forms: bearded; beards; bearding
A beard is the facial hair on a person's chin and cheeks. Santa Claus is famous in part for his long, white beard.
You're most likely to see a beard on an adult man, although some women grow enough facial hair to sport a beard too. Some animals, like goats, have beards as well. Someone whose presence helps another person disguise his identity — maybe because he's a spy — is often informally called a beard as well.
Definitions of beard
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the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
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synonyms:
face fungus, whiskers
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fuzz
the first beard of an adolescent boy
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imperial, imperial beard
a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
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beaver
a full beard
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goatee
a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
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stubble
short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
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vandyke, vandyke beard
a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
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Attilio, soul patch
a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin
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facial hair
hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
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hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
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hair
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tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
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a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
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go along the rim, like a beard around the chin“Houses bearded the top of the heights”
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rim
run around the rim of
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rim
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a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbɪərd/
UK
/biəd/
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