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beard

beard

5 9.1
A person who pretends to be someone's partner to hide that they are gay
  • noun
  • /bɪrd/
  • Slang
: pareja de fachada
  • Or whatever a lesbian beard is.

Examples

  • Carly is a lesbian, which makes us each other's beard.

  • Whether she is a beard or bona fide, the reason he is with her is attention.

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  • I want you to be my beard.

  • Are you sure you don't wanna be my beard?

  • Many celebrities hire a beard to maintain their public image while keeping their private lives secret.

  • She agreed to be his beard for the evening to help him avoid awkward questions at the party.

  • In some cases, a beard can be a close friend who aids someone in hiding their true sexual orientation.

Idioms

To confront a powerful person directly in their own place

Compounds

Short pointed facial hair seen in paintings by Van Dyck

1 8.9

A green and grey plant-like growth that hangs from trees like a long beard

old man's beard
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A pale greenish-gray growth with long hairlike strands that hang from tree branches

1 9.2

A hanging grey-green growth on tree branches that looks like a beard

beard worm
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles

A small evergreen shrub with silvery leaves and pale yellow flowers often grown in gardens

hawk's-beard
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A wild plant with small yellow flowers like a dandelion

A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn

9.9

A plant with groups of white or yellow flowers

crown-beard
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with clusters of yellow or white flowers

9.9

A short hairy plant with blue-violet or lilac flowers in early spring

long-beard
  • Archaic
9.9

A tall old jug with a long neck and a bearded face that people drink from

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

imperial beard
  • Archaic
9.5

A small narrow patch of chin hair shaped into a short point like an emperor's style

Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and join along the jaw, with no mustache

A climbing plant with clusters of small white or pale green flowers

Long, stiff hair on the lower face that sticks out like an animal's

Surface Forms

beard singular
beards plural

Etymology

Beard for a companion who hides someone's true partner comes from the idea of a beard as a 'cover' or disguise. A helpful way to remember is to think a beard 'covers' the truth, so a person who acts as a beard hides someone's real relationship.