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| beard [ beerd ] |
noun (plural beards) |
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1. hair growing on man's chin: the hair on a man's chin and, often, his neck and cheeks
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2. zoology tufts growing on animal or plant: a growth of longer hair on an animal, e.g. on a goat's chin, or a long slender growth on plants, e.g. on barley and wheat heads
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3. attention-diverting person or thing: somebody or something that diverts attention or suspicion from another
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transitive verb (past and past participle beard·ed, present participle beard·ing, 3rd person present singular beards) |
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oppose somebody or something: to oppose or confront somebody or something confidently or disrespectfully
  bearded him in his office
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| [ Old English, < Indo-European] |
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| beard·ed adjective |
| beard·less adjective |
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