Beard
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Beard
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1 n.
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
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2 n.
The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
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3 n.
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
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4 n.
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
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5 n.
The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
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6 n.
The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
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7 n.
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
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8 n.
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
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9 n.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
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10 n.
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
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11 n.
That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
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12 n.
An imposition; a trick.
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13 v. t.
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
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14 v. t.
To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
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15 v. t.
To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
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16 n.
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
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17 n.
The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
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18 n.
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
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19 n.
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
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20 n.
The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
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21 n.
The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
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22 n.
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
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23 n.
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
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24 n.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
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25 n.
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
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26 n.
That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
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27 n.
An imposition; a trick.
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28 v. t.
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
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29 v. t.
To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
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30 v. t.
To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.