beard´like´

beard´like´
beard «bihrd», noun, verb.
–n.
1. the hair growing on a man's face, especially on his chin and cheeks.
2. something resembling or suggesting this. The chin tuft of a goat is a beard; so are the stiff hairs around the beak of a bird.
3. Informal. a person or a thing serving as a front to mask actual circumstances, especially an escort used to give a false impression of one's romantic relationship or sexual orientation. »

Every middle-aged beard and his brother are out picketing for peace these days (Time).

4. the hairs on the heads of plants like oats, barley, and wheat; awns.
5. a plushlike growth on parts of certain flowers, as on certain varieties of iris.
6. Printing. the slanting area of a printing type from the face to the shoulder.
7. Obsolete. the barb of an arrow or fishhook.
–v.t.
1. to face boldly; defy: »

The hero dared to beard the lion in his den. Two noncommissioned officers appeared to beard him in his house one day, declaring he had insulted their rank (Edmund Wilson).

 SYNONYM(S): confront.
2. to take by the beard.
╂[Old English beard]
–beard´like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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