beard

Definitions

1. 1noun

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

2. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

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

5. 5noun

   The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.

6. 6noun

   The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.

7. 7noun

   In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

8. 8noun

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

9. 9noun

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

10. 10noun

    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. 11noun

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

12. 12noun

    An imposition; a trick.

13. 13transitive verb

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

14. 14transitive verb

    To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.

15. 15transitive verb

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

16. 16noun

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

    Synonyms

    byssus
17. 17noun

    hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

18. 18noun

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

    Synonyms

    whiskers
19. 19noun

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

20. 20noun

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

21. 21verb

    go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

    "Houses bearded the top of the heights"