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beard

(bîrd)

1. A growth of hair on the chin, cheeks, and throat of a person, especially a man.

2. A tuft or growth of hairs, bristles, or other hairlike threads on a plant or animal.

3. One who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another, especially a person of the opposite sex who accompanies a gay man or lesbian to give the impression of heterosexuality.

4. 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-ā- in Indo-European roots.]

beard′less adj.

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Adj.	1.	bearded - having hair on the cheeks and chin barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery unshaved, unshaven - not shaved
	2.	bearded - having a growth of hairlike awns; "bearded wheatgrass" awned, awny - having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"

bearded

adjective unshaven, hairy, whiskered, stubbly, bushy, shaggy, hirsute, bristly, bewhiskered a bearded 40-year-old sociology professor

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Translations

مُلْتَحمُلتحِ، ذو لِحْيَه

vousatý

skægget

parrakas

bradat

skeggjaðurskeggjaîur

barbuto barbato

あごひげを生やした

수염이 난

bradat

skäggprydd

ที่เต็มไปด้วยหนวดเครา

sakallı

có râu

有胡子的有胡须的

bearded

[ˈbɪədɪd] ADJ (gen) → con barba; (heavily) → barbudo

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bearded

[ˈbɪə^rdɪd] adj → barbu(e)

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bearded

adj man, animal, face → bärtig; the bearded lady → die Dame mit dem Bart

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bearded

[ˈbɪədɪd] adj → barbuto/a

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beard

(biəd) noun

1. the hair that grows on the chin. a man's beard; a goat's beard.

2. a group of hair-like tufts on an ear of corn. the beard on barley.

ˈbearded adjective

bearded men.

bearded

→ مُلْتَح vousatý skægget bärtig γενειοφόρος barbudo parrakas barbu bradat barbuto あごひげを生やした 수염이 난 gebaard skjeggete brodaty barbado бородатый skäggprydd ที่เต็มไปด้วยหนวดเครา sakallı có râu 有胡子的

bearded

a. barbudo.

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Alternatively it makes a fun Secret Santa gift for any bearded pals or relatives.