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beard

/bɪəd/ noun

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In Latin: barba Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about beard at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
  2. A tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses.
  3. A person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality).

verb

  1. Go along the rim, like a beard around the chin.
    Houses bearded the top of the heights

Origin

From Middle English berd, bard, bærd, from Old English beard, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂, *bʰh₂erdʰeh₂.

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