BEARD

v. defy, oppose

n. hair on the sides of the face and chin

A beard is the hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically refers to the facial hair on the lower part of a man's chin (excluding the moustache, which refers to hair above the upper lip and around it). The study of beards is called pogonology.
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Noun
1. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
(synonym) face fungus, whiskers
(hypernym) hair
(hyponym) fuzz
(part-holonym) face, human face
(part-meronym) mustache, moustache
2. a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
(hypernym) hair, fuzz, tomentum
(hyponym) awn
3. a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
4. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
(hypernym) hair
(part-holonym) goat, caprine animal
5. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
(synonym) byssus
(hypernym) fiber, fibre
Verb
1. go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"
(hypernym) rim
(derivation) face fungus, whiskers

(v. t.)
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
  

(v. t.)
To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
  

(v. t.)
To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
  

(n.)
The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
  

(n.)
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
  

(n.)
The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
  

(n.)
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
  

(n.)
The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
  

(n.)
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
  

(n.)
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
  

(n.)
That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
  

(n.)
Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
  

(n.)
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
  

(n.)
An imposition; a trick.
  

(n.)
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.