beard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English, West-Germanic *barthaz (cognate with Middle Dutch baert, German Bart, Old Norse barðr, etc.).

Ultimate origin probably Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰ-eh₂, with other derivations including Latin barba, Russian борода (boroda), Lithuanian barzda etc.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɪə(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /bI@(r\)d/
• (US) IPA: /bɪɹd/, /biɚd, SAMPA: /bir\d/, /bi@`d/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)d

[edit] Noun

beard (plural beards)

1. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks and jaw.
2. (gay slang) A woman who accompanies a gay male in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

[edit] Derived terms

• bearded

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• goatee
• hair
• moustache, mustache
• pogonophobia (fear of beards)
• sideburns, sideboards
• whiskers

[edit] Verb

to beard (third-person singular simple present beards, present participle bearding, simple past and past participle bearded)

1. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

   Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abder
• ardeb
• bared
• bread
• Breda
• debar, Debar
• Debra