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top to bottom: black skimmer, pileated woodpecker, and American goldfinch

beak

(bēk)

a. The bill of a bird, especially one that is strong and curved, such as that of a hawk or a finch.

b. A similar structure in other animals, such as turtles, insects, or fish.

2. A usually firm, tapering tip on certain plant structures, such as some seeds and fruits.

3. A beaklike structure or part, as:

a. The spout of a pitcher.

b. A metal or metal-clad ram projecting from the bow of an ancient warship.

4. Informal The human nose.

5. Chiefly British Slang

a. A schoolmaster.

b. A judge.

[Middle English bek, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Celtic origin.]

beaked (bēkt) adj.

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beak

(biːk)

1. (Zoology) the projecting jaws of a bird, covered with a horny sheath; bill

2. (Zoology) any beaklike mouthpart in other animals, such as turtles

3. slang a person's nose, esp one that is large, pointed, or hooked

4. any projecting part, such as the pouring lip of a bucket

5. (Architecture) architect the upper surface of a cornice, which slopes out to throw off water

6. (Chemistry) chem the part of a still or retort through which vapour passes to the condenser

7. (Nautical Terms) nautical another word for ram⁵

[C13: from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin]

beaked adj

ˈbeakless adj

ˈbeakˌlike adj

ˈbeaky adj

beak

(biːk)

a Brit slang word for judge, magistrate, headmaster, schoolmaster

[C19: originally thieves' jargon]

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beak

(bik)

n.

1. the bill of a bird.

2. any horny or stiff projecting mouthpart of an animal, fish, or insect.

3. anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of a pitcher.

4. Slang. a person's nose.

5. a projection from the bow of an ancient warship, used to ram enemy vessels.

6. a narrow projecting molding resembling a bird's beak, forming a drip for shedding rainwater, as on a cornice.

[1175–1225; Middle English bec < Old French < Latin beccus < Gaulish]

beaked (bikt, ˈbi kɪd) adj.

beak

(bēk)

1. The bill of a bird.

2. A similar, often horny part forming the mouth of other animals, such as turtles and octopuses.

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Noun	1.	beak - beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles) mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
	2.	beak - horny projecting mouth of a bird neb, nib, pecker, bill bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings cere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
	3.	beak - a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures tip - the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
	4.	beak - informal terms for the nose schnoz, schnozzle, hooter, nozzle, honker, snoot, snout nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Verb	1.	beak - hit lightly with a picking motion peck, pick strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"

beak

noun

1. bill, nib, neb (archaic or dialect), mandible a black bird with a yellow beak

2. (Slang) nose, snout, hooter (slang), snitch (slang), conk (slang), neb (archaic or dialect), proboscis, schnozzle (slang, chiefly U.S.) his sharp, aristocratic beak

3. (Brit. informal) magistrate, justice, sheriff The beak told him he'd go down if he did anything like it again.

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beak

noun

1. The horny projection forming a bird's jaws:

bill.

2. Informal. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:

nose, proboscis.

Informal: snoot.

Slang: nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snout.

Translations

مِنْقارمِنْقَار

клюнчовка

zobák

næb

beko

nokka

kljun

csőr

goggur

becco insegnante magistrato naso adunco rostro

くちばし嘴

부리

snapas

knābis

zobák

kljun

näbb

จงอยปากนก

gaga

дзьоб

mỏ chim

鸟嘴

beak

[biːk] N

1. [of bird] → pico m (= nose) → napia f

2. (Naut) → rostro m
beak of land → promontorio m

3. (Brit) (= judge) → magistrado/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beak

[ˈbiːk] n [bird] → bec m

beak

(of bird, turtle) → Schnabel m

(inf, of person) → Zinken m, → Rüssel m (inf)

(Brit inf: = judge etc) → Kadi m (inf); (Brit, Sch sl) → (Di)rex m (sl)

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beak

[biːk] n → becco

beak

(biːk) noun

the hard, horny (usually pointed) part of a bird's mouth. The bird had a worm in its beak.

beak

→ مِنْقَار zobák næb Schnabel ράμφος pico nokka bec kljun becco くちばし 부리 snavel nebb dziób bico клюв näbb จงอยปากนก gaga mỏ chim 鸟嘴

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Hairless dogs have imperfect teeth; long-haired and coarse-haired animals are apt to have, as is asserted, long or many horns; pigeons with feathered feet have skin between their outer toes; pigeons with short beaks have small feet, and those with long beaks large feet.

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The remaining land-birds form a most singular group of finches, related to each other in the structure of their beaks, short tails, form of body and plumage: there are thirteen species, which Mr.

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They formed a procession after the Nautilus, and I heard their beaks gnashing against the iron hull.

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He would not eat worms or insects (which they thought very silly of him), so they brought him bread in their beaks. Thus, when you cry out, "Greedy!

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slowly it floats more and more away, the water round it torn and splashed by the insatiate sharks, and the air above vexed with rapacious flights of screaming fowls, whose beaks are like so many insulting poniards in the whale.

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On the tree of the future build we our nest; eagles shall bring us lone ones food in their beaks!

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But above, perched each upon its own stone, tall, gray, and withered, more like dead and dried specimens than actual living creatures, sat the horrible males, absolutely motionless save for the rolling of their red eyes or an occasional snap of their rat-trap beaks as a dragon-fly went past them.

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'Why, a beak's a madgst'rate; and when you walk by a beak's order, it's not straight forerd, but always agoing up, and niver a coming down agin.

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"What do you command, my charming Fairy?" asked the Falcon, bending his beak in deep reverence (for it must be known that, after all, the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair was none other than a very kind Fairy who had lived, for more than a thousand years, in the vicinity of the forest).

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A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it.

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Philip spent all day at the hospital and worked at home in the evening except when he went to the Athelnys' or to the tavern in Beak Street.

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"When the coop blew away from the ship I clung fast to this corner, with claws and beak, for I knew if I fell into the water I'd surely be drowned.

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