A beard is a long growth of hair on a man's chin and cheeks. It can also refer to a person who wears one as part of their facial hair.
You might have noticed that some guys have really impressive beards, while others prefer to keep clean-shaven. When someone has a beard, it's often just a matter of personal style - they like the way it looks or feel comfortable with its presence. In many cultures, beards are also associated with wisdom, age, or masculinity, so you might see older men wearing them as a sign of respectability. Some people even let their beards grow wild and unkept, which can give them a bit of a rugged look.
How common is "beard"?
Word beard is considered uncommon in modern English. It appears most frequently in fiction texts and less often in other writings.
Definitions
noun
Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
The byssus of certain shellfish.
The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
Example: the beard of grain
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.
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verb
To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
Example: Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
