1
: the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the mustache
2
: a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft
3
bearded; bearding; beards
1
: to confront and oppose with boldness, resolution, and often effrontery : defy
2
: to furnish with a beard
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Noun
He grew a beard and mustache.
the beard of a goat
Verb
a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s an image of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested in 2022 for not wearing her hijab to the Iranian morality police’s liking and died in custody under suspicious circumstances, tugging on the Grand Ayatollah’s beard with her hair free-flowing.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Card, a Scot in his mid-60s with silver hair and beard, is the director of the excavation and has been with it since the start.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Him: leather jacket, white pants, salt-and-pepper beard.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The Eagles fan, seen with a gray beard and wearing an Eagles jacket, repeatedly targeted the woman, hurling derogatory remarks and shouting in her ear.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s an image of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested in 2022 for not wearing her hijab to the Iranian morality police’s liking and died in custody under suspicious circumstances, tugging on the Grand Ayatollah’s beard with her hair free-flowing.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Card, a Scot in his mid-60s with silver hair and beard, is the director of the excavation and has been with it since the start.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Him: leather jacket, white pants, salt-and-pepper beard.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Beard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beard. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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Beard 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Charles Austin 1874–1948 and his wife Mary 1876–1958 née Ritter American historians
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Daniel Carter 1850–1941 Uncle Dan American painter, illustrator, and organizer of Boy Scouts in U.S.
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