1
: the hair that grows on a man's face often excluding the mustache
2
: a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft
3
bearded; bearding; beards
1
: to confront and oppose with boldness, resolution, and often effrontery : defy
2
: to furnish with a beard
Examples of beard in a Sentence
Noun
He grew a beard and mustache.
the beard of a goat
Verb
a man of integrity who was never afraid to beard the lion in his den
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Wearing tan prison garb and sporting a newly gray head of hair and beard, Combs, 55, denied the new allegations included in a superseding indictment prosecutors filed in March.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, March 9, the stylist posted a time lapse video of him cutting Kelce's long locks, fading the sides and trimming his beard.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The bulletin asked the public to be on the lookout for an armed man described as tall, with a thin build and a beard who was wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
However, the look didn’t stick — unlike his brother, Prince Harry, who has regularly worn a beard since 2015.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Wearing tan prison garb and sporting a newly gray head of hair and beard, Combs, 55, denied the new allegations included in a superseding indictment prosecutors filed in March.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, March 9, the stylist posted a time lapse video of him cutting Kelce's long locks, fading the sides and trimming his beard.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The bulletin asked the public to be on the lookout for an armed man described as tall, with a thin build and a beard who was wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Beard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beard. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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Beard 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Charles Austin 1874–1948 and his wife Mary 1876–1958 née Ritter American historians
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Daniel Carter 1850–1941 Uncle Dan American painter, illustrator, and organizer of Boy Scouts in U.S.
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