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noun
- 1. a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face: "he had a black beard"
- 2. a person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity: informal US "the beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds"
verb
- 1. boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable): "he was afraid to beard the sultan himself"
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The meaning of BEARD is the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the mustache. How to use beard in a sentence.
BEARD definition: 1. hair that grows on the chin and lower part of a person's face: 2. the long hair that grows…. Learn more.
Beard definition: a thick growth of hair on the face, especially on an adult man, often including a mustache. See examples of BEARD used in a sentence.
A beard is the facial hair on a person's chin and cheeks. Santa Claus is famous in part for his long, white beard. You're most likely to see a beard on an adult man, although some women grow enough facial hair to sport a beard too. Some animals, like goats, have beards as well.
1. the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache. 2. Zoology. a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting a human beard, as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat or the cluster of hairlike feathers at the base of the bill in certain birds. 3.
n. 1. (Anatomy) the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face. 2. (Zoology) any similar growth in animals. 3. (Botany) a tuft of long hairs in plants such as barley and wheat; awn. 4. (Zoology) the gills of an oyster. 5. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a barb, as on an arrow or fish-hook. 6.
BEARD meaning: 1. hair that grows on the chin and lower part of a person's face: 2. the long hair that grows…. Learn more.
noun. /bɪəd/. /bɪrd/. [countable, uncountable] hair that grows on the chin and sides of somebody's face; similar hair that grows on some animals. He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache. a week’s growth of beard. a goat’s beard. a false beard.
BEARD definition: 1. the hair that grows on a man's chin (= the bottom of his face) 2. with a beard. Learn more.
Biology. The beard develops in human males during puberty. Beard growth is linked to stimulation of hair follicles in the area by dihydrotestosterone, which continues to affect beard growth after puberty. Dihydrotestosterone also promotes balding. Dihydrotestosterone is produced from testosterone, the levels of which vary with season.
