beard
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8.3
- noun
- /bɪrd/
:
barba
- The snail had a beard of fine hairs that helped it sense its environment.
If you remember tree beard out of Lord of the Rings, he had one of the epiphyte like growths off his beard, which was from the Puhu Takawa.
- If you remember tree beard out of Lord of the Rings, he had one of the epiphyte like growths off his beard, which was from the Puhu Takawa.
Examples
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The old tree was covered in an unusual beard of moss, giving it a mystical appearance.
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So yeah, we have a beard hair pass right there.
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I think it's like the beard of a Santa figurine.
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This is a beard!
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Most mussels have what is commonly called a "beard," also known as byssal threads.
Blog text (17) -
A short, stiff mane crested the neck, and a beard dangled beneath the chin.
Fiction book (1990) -
Stubby horns jutted from their brows; curly beards covered their chins.
Fiction book (1995) -
The icy fissures cascade into tufts of a long auburn beard, greasy and patched with streaks of lint-gray.
Fiction book (1998) -
To reach the hidden pond, we had to walk under the beard of hanging lichen that draped the trees.
Synonyms
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6.8
Fine soft threads on a plant's surface like the fuzz on a peach
Long, stiff hair on the lower face that sticks out like an animal's
Idioms
- Informal
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9.9
To confront a powerful person directly in their own place
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles
A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
A plant with long groups of bright red flowers and yellow hairs on the lower part of the flower
- Archaic
A small narrow patch of chin hair shaped into a short point like an emperor's style
A small evergreen shrub with silvery leaves and pale yellow flowers often grown in gardens
Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and join along the jaw, with no mustache
- Specialized
A pale greenish-gray growth with long hairlike strands that hang from tree branches
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beard is used for a tuft on animals or plants because the little clump of hair or threads 'looks like' a man's beard hanging under the chin, as with a mussel. So calling that tuft a beard helps you remember it is a hair-like growth.