beard
noun
1. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
Similar word(s): whiskers
Definition categories: body
2. a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
Definition categories: plant, fuzz, hair, tomentum
3. a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
4. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
Definition categories: animal, hair
5. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
Similar word(s): byssus
Definition categories: animal, fiber, fibre
Sentences with beard as a noun:
- the beard of grain