beard has definitions from the fields of zoology,botany
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[ noun ] (zoology) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

One boy said querulously about Orthodox Jews : `` It 's the twentieth century , and they do n't have_to wear beards '' .

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

They know from their researches into television and the movies that knights in the middle_ages had beautiful flowing haircuts like Little_Lord_Fauntleroy , and only the villains had beards .

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[ verb ] go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

Examples

"Houses bearded the top of the heights"

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

A fringe of housing and gardens bearded the top of the heights , and behind it were sandy roads leading past farms and hayfields .

Related terms

rim

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[ noun ] (botany,zoology) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

Related terms

hair awn

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[ noun ] (zoology) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

Related terms

hair hair goat

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

Related terms

person

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 607
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[ noun ] tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

Synonyms

byssus

Related terms

fiber

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