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Beard

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Beard  (bîrd), Charles Austin 1874-1948.
American historian and educator who explored the economic aspects of history in works such as An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913). His view that the document was based on its formulators' economic self-interests profoundly affected the study of American history.

Beard, Daniel Carter Known as "Dan." 1850-1941.
American writer and illustrator. In 1905 he founded the Sons of Daniel Boone, which in 1910 became the first Boy Scout organization in the United States.

Beard, James Andrew 1903-1985.
American cookery expert widely considered to be one of the foremost authorities on American cuisine.

beard  (bîrd)
n.
1. The hair on a man's chin, cheeks, and throat.
2. A hairy or hairlike growth such as that on or near the face of certain mammals.
3. A tuft or group of hairs or bristles on certain plants, such as barley and wheat.
4. One who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another.
5. Printing The raised slope on a piece of type between the shoulder or counter and the face. Also called neck.
tr.v. beard·ed, beard·ing, beards
1. To furnish with a beard.
2. To confront boldly.

[Middle English berd, from Old English beard; see bhardh-- in Indo-European roots.]

beardless adj.

beard
Noun
1. the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face
2. any similar growth in animals
Verb
to oppose boldly: I bearded my formidable employer in her den [Old English]
bearded adj

beard  (bîrd)
A tuft or group of hairs or bristles on certain plants, such as barley and wheat. The individual strands of a beard are attached to a sepal or petal.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Beardbeard - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
adult male body, man's body - the body of an adult man
facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
fuzz - the first beard of an adolescent boy
imperial, imperial beard - a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
beaver - a full beard
moustache, mustache - an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; "he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache"
goatee - a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
stubble - short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
vandyke beard, vandyke - a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
Attilio, soul patch - a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin
face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
2.beard - a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
fuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
awn - slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
3.beard - a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
4.beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
caprine animal, goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
5.Beardbeard - tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Verb1.beard - go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"
rim - run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"

beard
noun whiskers, bristles, stubble, five-o'clock shadow
Translations
Spanish beard [bɪəd] nbarba
French beard [bɪəd] nbarbe f
German beard [bɪəd] nBart m
Italian beard [bɪəd] nbarba

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A hand, clutching a water-bottle, became visible and the ginger beard bent downward to fill the bottle.
"So that was how we moved from the cave to the tree," old Long- Beard spoke up.
Beard (the captain's name was Beard) came from Colchester to see the old man.
 
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