to beard
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8.3
- verb
- /bɪrd/
:
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- The activists decided to beard the mayor during the town hall meeting to demand answers.
- beard the lion
Examples
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Fred parked on Turbridge Street and gritted his teeth against the coming stench, preparing to beard Smykal in his den.
Fiction book (1995) -
You know what they say about bearding a lion in his den.
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And our detective has come to beard Julian in his den.
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If ever again I meet him beard to beard, he's mine or I am his.
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Pride demands that I beard this lioness alone.
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Comest thou to beard me in Denmark?
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Hugh Whitteford bearded me in the club and rattled on for hours.
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Were I King Edward, England's sovereign, son to the lovely Eleanor of Spain, great Edward Longshanks's issue, would I bear these braves, this rage, and suffer uncontrolled these barons who beard me thus in my own land, in mine own realm?
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She chose to beard the company CEO directly about the layoffs in front of the entire staff.
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During the debate, he was not afraid to beard the senator on his controversial policies.
Synonyms
1
9.9
To confront a powerful person directly in their own place
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
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 Bold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beard as a verb comes from the old image of taking or grabbing someone's beard to face them, so to beard someone is to confront or challenge them boldly. So when you 'beard' a person in authority, you directly face them with your complaint or question.