Definitions for beard
bɪərdbeard

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beard, face fungus, whiskersnoun

   the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

2. beardnoun

   a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

3. beardnoun

   a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

4. beardnoun

   hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

5. byssus, beardverb

   tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

6. beardverb

   go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

   "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beardnoun

   Facial hair on the chin, cheeks and jaw.

2. beardnoun

   A woman who accompanies a gay male in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

3. beardverb

   To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

4. beardverb

   To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

   Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

5. Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with a beard.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BEARDnoun

   Etymology: beard, Saxon.

   1. The hair that grows on the lips and chin.

   Ere on thy chin the springing beard began
   To spread a doubtful down, and promise man. Matthew Prior.

   2. Beard as, to do any thing to a man’s beard, is to do it in defiance, or to his face.

   Rail’d at their covenant, and jeer’d
   Their rev’rend parsons to my beard. Hudibras.

   3. Beard as, he has a long beard, means he is old.

   This ancient ruffian, Sir, whose life I have spared at suit of his grey beard. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   Some thin remains of chastity appear’d,
   Ev’n under Jove, but Jove without a beard. Dryden.

   Would it not be an insufferable thing, for a professor to have his authority, of forty years standing, confirmed by general tradition, and a reverend beard, overturned by an upstart novelist? John Locke.

   4. Sharp prickles growing upon the ears of corn.

   The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn
   Hath rotted ere its youth attain’d a beard. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

   A certain farmer complained, that the beards of his corn cut the reapers and threshers fingers. Roger L'Estrange.

   5. A barb on an arrow.6.The beard or chuck of a horse, is that part which bears the curb of the bridle. Farrier’s Dict.

2. To Beardverb

   Etymology: from beard.

   1. To take or pluck by the beard, in contempt or anger.

   No man so potent breathes upon the ground,
   But I will beard him. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   2. To oppose to the face; to set at open defiance.

   He, whensoever he should swerve from duty, may be able to beard him. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   The design of utterly extirpating monarchy and episcopacy, the presbyterians alone begun, continued, and would have ended, if they had not been bearded by that new party, with whom they could not agree about dividing the spoil. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beard

   A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. Throughout the course of history, societal attitudes toward male beards have varied widely depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era's fashion trends. Some religions (such as some sects of Islam, and Sikhism) have considered a full beard to be essential and mandate it as part of their observance. Other cultures, even while not officially mandating it, view a beard as central to a man's virility, exemplifying such virtues as wisdom, strength, sexual prowess and high social status. In cultures where facial hair is uncommon (or currently out of fashion), beards may be associated with poor hygiene or an unconventional demeanor. In countries with colder climates, beards help protect the wearer's face from the elements. Beards also provide sun protection.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beardnoun

   the hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults

2. Beardnoun

   the long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat

3. Beardnoun

   the cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds

4. Beardnoun

   the appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes

5. Beardnoun

   the byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle

6. Beardnoun

   the gills of some bivalves, as the oyster

7. Beardnoun

   in insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies

8. Beardnoun

   long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain

9. Beardnoun

   a barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out

10. Beardnoun

    that part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle

11. Beardnoun

    that part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face

12. Beardnoun

    an imposition; a trick

13. Beardverb

    to take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt

14. Beardverb

    to oppose to the gills; to set at defiance

15. Beardverb

    to deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beard

   A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck of human beings and some non-human animals. In humans, usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard. When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically excludes the moustache. Over the course of history, men with facial hair have been ascribed various attributes such as wisdom, sexual virility, masculinity, or a higher status; however, beards may also be perceived to be associated with a lack of general cleanliness and a loss of refinement, particularly in modern times.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beard

   bērd, n. the hair that grows on the chin and adjacent parts of a grown man's face: the tuft on the lower jaw of a goat, seal, &c.: the barbel of the cod, loach, &c.; prickles on the ears of corn: the barb of an arrow: the gills of oysters, &c.—v.t. to take by the beard: to oppose to the face.—adj. Beard′ed, having a beard: prickly: barbed.—n. Beard′-grass, a kind of bearded grass.—adj. Beard′less. [A.S.; W. barf, Ger. bart, Russ. boroda, L. barba.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beard

   The silky filaments or byssus by which some testacea adhere to rocks. Of an oyster, the gills.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beard

   The reflected points of the head of an ancient arrow, particularly of such as were jagged.

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1. beard

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BEARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Beard is ranked #721 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Beard surname appeared 48,207 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 16 would have the surname Beard.
   
   74.9% or 36,112 total occurrences were White.
   19.6% or 9,453 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 1,147 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 959 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 323 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 217 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for beard »

1. ardeb

2. bared

3. bread

4. Breda

5. debar

6. Debar

7. Debra

How to pronounce beard?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beard in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of beard in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   If Lincoln were alive today, imagine the foolishness he would have to suffer. Advisers telling him to shave his beard. Cable pundits telling him to lose the top hat, opposition researchers calling him a five-time loser before the age of 50.

2. P. G. Wodehouse:

   At five minutes to eleven on the morning named he was at the station, a false beard and spectacles shielding his identity from the public eye. If you had asked him he would have said that he was a Scotch business man. As a matter a fact, he looked far more like a motor-car coming through a haystack.

3. Kizza Ronald:

   The difference between a young man and a mature man is not the beard but the Brain(Reasoning) because even a young man can have beards but with shallow reasoning-Kizza Ronald-

4. Jeremy Collins:

   He was standing there and I came and stood right next to him, and for some reason turned. In my mind's eye I stripped off the beard, and saw the Foreign Service officer I had seen in Washington, D.C. I just impulsively said, 'You're Brad Bishop, aren't you?' And he began trembling and shaking and said 'Oh God, no' and turned around. I have no doubt it was him.

5. One Sioux Falls father:

   I don't think I'd want my 16-year-old boy in the bathroom with a transgender student if that student had a radically different look, like someone who changed from a girl to a boy and might have a beard now.

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