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(Latin: beard, beardlike)
(Greek: beard; referring to a beard or beard-like structures)
(Latin: awn or beard of grain; ear of grain)
(the bearded races of mankind have commonly held the beard in high honor)
(Samples of ancient beard and male and female hair styles)
Word Entries at Get Words: “beard
beard (s) (noun), beards (pl)
1. Facial hair of a man covering the chin, cheeks and throat; especially, when trimmed into shape; sometimes excluding a mustache: Stan had a neat beard and mustache which he trimmed every day.
2. Facial hair that is seen close to the faces of some mammals; for example, goats: Farmer Hans has several male goats all of which have beards.
3. Bristles or whisker like hair of certain plants; for example, wheat, barley, and some kinds of grass: The beards on the barley was turning brown because the grain was ripe.
5. Filaments of some mollusks by which they fasten themselves to a surface under the water: The directions in the recipe said to remove the beards of the mussels before cooking them.
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beard (verb), beards; bearded; bearding
1. To place or to go along the edge of something: Houses bearded the top edge of the canyon.
2. To oppose or to confront someone or something confidently or respectfully: The politician was bearded during his political speech on TV.
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