Word Meaning

Meaning of beard

- The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
- The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
- The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
- The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
- The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
- The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
- In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
- Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
- A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
- That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
- That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
- An imposition; a trick.
- To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
- To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
- To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Crossword clue for beard

- Bear with 500 whiskers
- Could be a short way to get facial hair
- facial hair
- Goat’s chin bristles
- Goatee
- Man’s whiskers
- RE: bad, abnormal facial growth