beard
/bird/
noun
- a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face."he had a black beard"synonyms: facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles, full beard, goatee, imperial, Vandyke, Abe Lincoln, side whiskers, sideburns, mutton chops, mustache, mustaches, sideboards, beaver
- a person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity."the beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds"
- a person who pretends to have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone else in order to conceal the other's true sexual orientation."the closeted male and his female “beard”"
verb
boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable).
"he was afraid to beard the sultan himself"
synonyms: confront, face, challenge, brave, come face to face with, meet head on, defy, oppose, stand up against, square up to, dare, throw down the gauntlet at
Beard
A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent or adult males are able to start growing beards, on average at the age of 21. Wikipedia
Latin: barba
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6 days ago · 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.
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