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- Dictionarybeard/bɪəd/
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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1. : to confront and oppose with boldness, resolution, and often effrontery : defy. 2. : to furnish with a beard. Synonyms. Verb. brave. brazen. breast. confront. dare. defy.
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.
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.
to face, meet, or deal with an unpleasant or frightening person in a brave or determined way: With a nervous swallow he bearded the formidable-looking librarian behind the desk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
noun. a thick growth of hair on the face, especially on an adult man, often including a mustache: He's been growing out his beard for a couple of months, and it's filling in nicely.
noun. 1. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face; whiskers. 2. this hair, esp. on the chin and cheek, when worn long or trimmed in various shapes. 3. any beardlike part, as of certain animals. 4. a hairy outgrowth on the head of certain grains, grasses, etc.; awn.
BEARD definition: 1. the hair that grows on a man's chin (= the bottom of his face) 2. with a beard. Learn more.
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.
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.
