beard
31beard — [OE] Old English beard came from West Germanic *bartha, which was also the source of German bart and Dutch baard. A close relative of this was Latin barba ‘beard’, which gave English barb [14] (via Old French barbe), barber [13] (ultimately from… …
32beard — [[t]bɪ͟ə(r)d[/t]] beards N COUNT A man s beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks. He s decided to grow a beard. ...Charlie s bushy black beard …
33beard — a person acting as a decoy The derivation is from the false beard worn as a disguise, despite which the use is of both sexes: He s the beard. That s what they call the other man who pretends to be the lover. (Sanders, 1981) She was… …
34beard — n 1.Inf. beaver, full beard, Med. barba; whiskers, mutton chops, burnsides, sideburns; goatee, Vandyke, imperial; stubble, bristles, five o clock shadow. 2. barb, point, spine, spur, jag, nib, prong, tine, cusp. 3. defy, brave, oppose, face, look …
35beard */ — UK [bɪə(r)d] / US [bɪrd] noun [countable] Word forms beard : singular beard plural beards a) hair that grows on a man s chin and cheeks his thick white beard b) hair that grows on the face of an animal such as a goat …
36beard — [[t]bɪərd[/t]] n. 1) hair growing on the lower part of the face, esp. on the face of a man, sometimes including a mustache 2) bio frm a similar growth on the chin of some animals or near the bill in some birds 3) bot a tuft or growth of awns or… …
37beard — [OE] Old English beard came from West Germanic *bartha, which was also the source of German bart and Dutch baard. A close relative of this was Latin barba ‘beard’, which gave English barb [14] (via Old French barbe), barber [13] (ultimately from… …
38Béard — French commune nomcommune=Béard latitude=46.86333 longitude=3.32833 insee=58025 cp=58160 région=Bourgogne département=Nièvre arrondissement=Nevers canton=La Machine intercomm=CC Fil de Loire maire=Guy Piron mandat=2001 2008 alt mini=177 alt… …
39beard — m ( es/ as) 1. beard; beardas (used of a single person) beard and whiskers; 2. the Anglo Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence; …
40beard — Full beards were worn by Jewish men, for whom it was a sign of vitality (unlike the Egyptians, Gen. 41:14). It was an outrage when Hanun, king of the Ammonites, cut off the beards of David s envoys (2 Sam. 10:4); and Ezra pulled out his beard to… …
