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Beard
bɪəd
Beard definitions
noun
beard
beards
- a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face
"he had a black beard"
- a tuft of hair on the chin of certain mammals, for example a lion or goat
- an animal's growth or marking that is likened to a beard, for example the gills of an oyster, or the beak bristles of certain birds
- a tuft of hairs or bristles on certain plants, especially the awn of a grass
- a person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity
"the beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds"
- a woman who accompanies a gay man as an escort to a social occasion, in order to help conceal his homosexuality
"the closeted male and his female ‘beard’"