beard

CEFRB1

/bɪəd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

Examples

  • Have you got a beard already?

  • He's had his beard shaved off.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /biɚd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

  2. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

  3. The byssus of certain shellfish.

More examples

In context

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

  • Please shave my beard.

  • the beard of grain

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Origin

noun

PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ From Middle English berd, bard, bærd, from Old English beard, from Proto-West Germanic *bard, from Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂, *bʰh₂erdʰeh₂. Cognates Cognate with Scots beird (“beard”), Yola bearde (“beard”), North Frisian biard (“beard”), Saterland Frisian Boart (“beard”), West Frisian burd (“beard”), Bavarian Bårt (“beard”), Dutch baard (“beard”), German Bart (“beard”), German Low German and Luxembourgish Baart (“beard”), Vilamovian biöt (“beard”), Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), Icelandic barð (“brim; edge, ridge”), Norwegian Bokmål bart (“moustache”), Norwegian Nynorsk bard, barde (“edge, rim”), bart (“moustache”), Crimean Gothic bars...