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1.nounFacial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
2.nounThe cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
3.nounThe appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
4.nounThe byssus of certain shellfish.
5.nounThe gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
6.nounIn insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
7.nounLong or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn."the beard of grain"
8.nounA barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
9.nounThe curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
10.nounThat part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
11.nounThat part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
12.nounA fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.
13.verbTo grow hair on the chin and jaw.
14.verbTo boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded."Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."
15.verbTo take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
16.verbTo deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
17.verbOf a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.