beard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /biɚd/ (General-American)
- /bɪɹd/ (General-American)
- /bɜː(ɹ)d/ (obsolete)
- /bɪəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [bɪːd] (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂der. Proto-Germanic *bardaz Proto-West Germanic *bard Old English beard Middle English berd English beard 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 (“beard”); also Latin barba (“beard”), Latvian bārda (“beard”), Lithuanian barzda (“beard”), Belarusian барада́ (baradá, “beard”), Bulgarian and Macedonian брада́ (bradá, “beard; chin”), Czech, Slovak, and Slovene brada (“beard”), Russian and Ukrainian борода́ (borodá, “beard”), Serbo-Croatian бра́да, bráda (“beard”). Doublet of barb.
Meanings
- Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
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The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
At this moment the cock began to play; he stuck out his beard, trailed his wings down by his legs, and made, with great solemnity and wavelike motions of his neck, a few steps forward on the branch, while he stuck up his tail and spread it out like a big wheel.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 90:
- The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
- The byssus of certain shellfish.
- The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
- The hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
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The long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
the beard of grain
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Long, hairlike feathers that protrude from the chest of a turkey.
While all toms—adult male turkeys—have beards, nearly 10 percent of hens also have one, albeit a much stubbier, wispier version.
2022, Jenny McKee, “Let's Talk Turkey Beards”, in Audubon:
- A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
- The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
- That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
- (dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
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(slang) A fake customer or companion; an intermediary.
To get his way, Roberts employed a bit of developer's cunning: rather than approach Galardi directly, he sent a friend, Alan Meyers, as a “beard”.
2024 February 3, Joshua Chaffin, “Glossy new neighbourhood rises from a seedy slice of Miami vice”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
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(slang) A fake customer or companion; an intermediary. ▸ One who helps to conceal infidelity in a monogamous relationship by acting as a cover.
What are you talking about, I should be the beard? I don't wanna be a beard.
1984, Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose, spoken by Danny Rose (Woody Allen):
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(slang) A fake customer or companion; an intermediary. ▸ A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
One could also speculate that Linda also served as Cole's shield (or "beard") against his possibly being disinherited by his disapproving (of sissies) millionaire grandfather and doting mom, both of whom wanted him to be a lawyer.
1991 December 1, Rudy Grillo, “Who's The Top?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 8:Charlotte: Smith is not gay. Miranda: Of course not. Charlotte: So this makes you his beard.
2004 February 1, Aury Wallington, “The Cold War”, in Sex and the City, season 6, episode 17:In an interview with Net a Porter, Delevingne said that “one of the first things Harvey Weinstein ever said to me was, ‘You will never make it in this industry as a gay woman – get a beard.’”
2019 September 16, Harvey Weinstein, quotee, “Harvey Weinstein told Cara Delevingne to ‘get a beard’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
beard comb · tree-beard · whitebeard · debeard · Thor's beard · beardlessness · Jupiter's beard · seabeard · beardtongue · doormat beard · beard-second · Redbeard · beard-down · Spanish beard · legbeard · Omer beard · goat's-beard · bee beard · beard-stroking · old man's beard · Bluebeard · Blackbeard · Jove's beard · beardie · Vandyke beard · beard net · beard pencil · beardgrass · beard kit · beard bug · beard burn · green-beard effect · beard pen · sea beard · beardline · bluebeard · beard oil · beard brush · beardly · dragon's beard candy · beardish · bearding · beardless · frost beard · beardfish · fat beard · Ned Kelly beard · Movember beard · Aaron's beard · beardo · beardlet · Shenandoah beard · fatbeard · beard moss · bearder · beard tree · beard mask · beardage · beard cream · unbeard · chest-protector beard · longbeard · hawksbeard · turkey's beard · beardruff · beard worm · beardy · beard roller · beardism · nosebeard · jaw beard · Lombard · beard trimmer · greybeard · bearded · beard lichen · beardiness · hawk's-beard · beard hair · beard rash · beard wax · beardie-weirdie · hare's-beard · beard balm · beardist · beard cut · beard itch · grandfather's beard · beardling · treebeard · beardlike · playoff beard · forkbeard · neckbeard
Translations (338)
ko 수염 (facial hair) · gld gogakta (facial hair) · sw ndevu (facial hair) · mr दाढी (facial hair) · uk борода́ (facial hair) · tl bungot (facial hair) · oc barba (facial hair) · te గడ్డం (facial hair) · sq mjekër (facial hair) · zh хўзы (facial hair) · xmf ბჟაკე (facial hair) · ne दाह्री (facial hair) · bh 𑂠𑂰𑂜𑂲 (facial hair) · cs vous (facial hair) · tkr мучӏру (facial hair) · csb barda (facial hair) · sia сеам (facial hair) · fo skegg (facial hair) · nv dághá (facial hair) · min jangguit (facial hair) · zh 鬍子 /胡子 (facial hair) · am ፂም (facial hair) · kw barv (facial hair) · kmr rih (facial hair) · cy barf (facial hair) · jje 시염 (facial hair) · da skæg (facial hair) · haw ʻumiʻumi (facial hair) · id jenggot (facial hair) · zdj nɗevu (facial hair) · rue бо́рода (facial hair) · yag yašu (facial hair) · ht bab (facial hair) · za mumh (facial hair) · ce маж (facial hair) · os боцъо (facial hair) · cv сухал (facial hair) · njo-jgl bangsemo (facial hair) · uga 𐎄𐎖𐎐 (facial hair) · de Bart (facial hair) · zza erdiş (diq) (facial hair) · os зачъе (facial hair) · sh bráda (facial hair) · xsr རྒྱའུ (facial hair) · wyi ngarringurnduk (facial hair) · fa بَلْمِه (facial hair) · mnc ᠰᠠᠯᡠ (facial hair) · sa श्मश्रु (facial hair) · grc γενειάς (facial hair) · mk брада (facial hair) · bo ཨོག་ཚོམ (facial hair) · ast barba (facial hair) · nrf barbe (facial hair) · dsb broda (facial hair) · sv skägg (facial hair) · fy burd (facial hair) · ps ږيره (facial hair) · eve гургат (facial hair) · ja 鬚 (facial hair) · ml താടി (facial hair) · lmo barba (facial hair) · hi दाढ़ी (facial hair) · rut мичӏри (facial hair) · io barbo (facial hair) · vi râu (facial hair) · hu szakáll (facial hair) · sms seäm (facial hair) · wbp jangarnka (facial hair) · niv ыф (facial hair) · zh 鬍鬚 /胡须 (facial hair) · ny ndevu (facial hair) · ln mandefu (facial hair) · uz soqol (facial hair) · fa ریش (facial hair) · bua һахал (facial hair) · se skávžá (facial hair) · zh 喙鬚 /喙须 (facial hair) · agx муджур (facial hair) · tr sakal (facial hair) · bdk мичӏер (facial hair) · mag 𑂠𑂰𑂜 (facial hair) · gv faasaag (facial hair) · ani мигажу (facial hair) · it appuntamento di copertura (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · ps بمبل (facial hair) · pt barba (facial hair) · mi kumikumi (facial hair) · yai рӣша (facial hair) · sc balba (facial hair) · ln mandéfu (facial hair) · mt daqna (facial hair) · ktu mandefu (facial hair) · ltg buorzda (facial hair) · wyi yarra ngurnduk (facial hair) · sma skaavtjoe (facial hair) · dv ތުންބުޅި (facial hair) · my မုတ်ဆိတ် (facial hair) · mus cokhesse (facial hair) · aqc мочӏор (facial hair) · kpt мигаж (facial hair) · pa ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ (facial hair) · ka წვერ-ულვაში (facial hair) · yo irùngbọ̀n (facial hair) · agj ጢም (facial hair) · zku marlta (facial hair) · tl gumi (facial hair) · ky сакал (facial hair) · egy x-b-z:w-t:D3 (facial hair) · mfe labarb (facial hair) · scn barba (facial hair) · lo ໜວດຄາງ (facial hair) · fr barbe (facial hair) · az saqqal (facial hair) · ru борода́ (facial hair) · mg volombava (facial hair) · ca barba (facial hair) · dz རྒྱབོ (facial hair) · lo ມັດສຸ (facial hair) · ga ulcha (facial hair) · hy մորուք (facial hair) · mn ᠰᠠᠬᠠᠯ (facial hair) · nci tēntzontli (facial hair) · vec barba (facial hair) · lo ເຄົາ (facial hair) · orv борода (facial hair) · sa मासुरी (facial hair) · es pantalla (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · ro barbă (facial hair) · crh saqal (facial hair) · pjt ngaṉkurpa (facial hair) · es tapadera (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · wuu 牙鬚 /牙须 (facial hair) · lt barzda (facial hair) · ab ажакьа (facial hair) · inh модж (facial hair) · gcr barb (facial hair) · gld bogakta (facial hair) · mga fésóc (facial hair) · ja 顎髭 (facial hair) · wam weeshittoon (facial hair) · cu ⰱⱃⰰⰴⰰ (facial hair) · ddo мешолга (facial hair) · arc דקנא (facial hair) · tin мижату (facial hair) · ckb ڕیش (facial hair) · lbe чӏири (facial hair) · ady жакӏэ (facial hair) · ug ساقال (facial hair) · sk brada (facial hair) · mn сахал (facial hair) · gdo мигяжу (facial hair) · prg bordus (facial hair) · km ពុកចង្កា (facial hair) · ryu しちゃふぃじ (facial hair) · pl broda (facial hair) · rup barbã (facial hair) · be барада́ (facial hair) · co barba (facial hair) · se njávvi (facial hair) · ga féasóg (facial hair) · sva უ̂ა̈რე (facial hair) · es jotera (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · ti ጭሕሚ (facial hair) · grc πώγων (facial hair) · ja 顎鬚 (facial hair) · sah бытык (facial hair) · ha gemu (facial hair) · rcf barb (facial hair) · lv bārda (facial hair) · tg риш (facial hair) · pdc Baart (facial hair) · hi दाढी (facial hair) · stq Boart (facial hair) · gin бошолкӏа (facial hair) · jv jénggot (facial hair) · ru ча́йка (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · ks دٲر (facial hair) · ceb bungot (facial hair) · fj kumi (facial hair) · evn гургакта (facial hair) · mww hwj txwv (facial hair) · tyv сал (facial hair) · ar دَقِن (facial hair) · non skegg (facial hair) · nn skjegg (facial hair) · af baard (facial hair) · am ጢም (facial hair) · so gadh (facial hair) · it barba (facial hair) · id janggut (facial hair) · lb Baart (facial hair) · mnw သော်ပါင်မုင် (facial hair) · nb skjegg (facial hair) · tab муччери (facial hair) · es barba (facial hair) · sc balva (facial hair) · bo རྒྱ (facial hair) · bo རྒྱ་བོ (facial hair) · tt сакал (facial hair) · ar ذَقْن (facial hair) · smn siämu (facial hair) · csb broda (facial hair) · aer arralte (facial hair) · xsv bardas (facial hair) · cu брада (facial hair) · sw ndevu (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · xal сахл (facial hair) · bn দাড়ি (facial hair) · gin мошолкӏа (facial hair) · pms barba (facial hair) · he זָקָן (facial hair) · av мегеж (facial hair) · kl umik (facial hair) · jje 쉬염 (facial hair) · ar لِحْيَة (facial hair) · is skegg (facial hair) · koi тош (facial hair) · ru борода́ (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · th เครา (facial hair) · de Alibifreundin (opposite-sex companion of a gay person) · wyi ngarrin (facial hair) · yi באָרד (facial hair) · el γένι (facial hair) · gu દાઢી (facial hair) · kk сақал (facial hair) · pox brödă (facial hair) · ln ndefu (facial hair) · ba һаҡал (facial hair) · mrw gomot (facial hair) · pi massu (facial hair) · tk sakgal (facial hair) · orv брада (facial hair) · ota صقال (facial hair) · rm barba (facial hair) · gd feusag (facial hair) · hrx Baart (facial hair) · kbd жьакӏэ (facial hair) · om areeda (facial hair) · rop wiska (facial hair) · srn barba (facial hair) · xh indevu (facial hair) · fi parta (facial hair) · ms janggut (facial hair) · zu intshebe (facial hair) · sh бра́да (facial hair) · pdt Boat (facial hair) · lez ччуру (facial hair) · mi pāhau (facial hair) · pox vǫ̇s (facial hair) · ta தாடி (facial hair) · fur barbe (facial hair) · frp bârba (facial hair) · eu bizar (facial hair) · gdo мигажу (facial hair) · hil bungot (facial hair) · vo balib (facial hair) · sjd ся̄м (facial hair) · kva нижат (facial hair) · sc barba (facial hair) · pdc Backebaart (facial hair) · bo ཞལ་ཚོམ (facial hair) · ady жакӏьэ (facial hair) · chr ᎠᎭᏄᎸᏒ (facial hair) · cop ⲙⲟⲣⲧ (facial hair) · ur داڑْھی (facial hair) · mag 𑂠𑂰𑂜𑂲 (facial hair) · kap баб (facial hair) · iu ᐅᒥᒃ (facial hair) · gu દાઢી (facial hair) · sl brada (facial hair) · ang beard (facial hair) · ga meigeall (facial hair) · eo barbo (facial hair) · et habe (facial hair) · udi кӏаджух (facial hair) · rhg dari (facial hair) · wym biöt (facial hair) · fa رِیش (facial hair) · kn ಗಡ್ಡ (facial hair) · scn varba (facial hair) · xmf ფრიმული (facial hair) · non barð (facial hair) · yue 鬍鬚 /胡须 (facial hair) · br baro (facial hair) · bo རྒྱ་མོ (facial hair) · sat ᱥᱳᱫᱨᱳ (facial hair) · wa båbe (facial hair) · ar دقن (facial hair) · arc ܕܩܢܐ (facial hair) · abq жакӏьа (facial hair) · wo sikkim (facial hair) · dar муцӏур (facial hair) · ko 턱수염 (facial hair) · la barba (facial hair) · rif tamart (facial hair) · nl baard (facial hair) · uby žakʼʲá (facial hair) · an barba (facial hair) · hsb broda (facial hair) · as দাড়ি (facial hair) · khb ᦷᦐᧆᧈ (facial hair) · mi kuau (facial hair) · ruo borbĕ (facial hair) · bg брада́ (facial hair) · ar لحية (facial hair) · tl balbas (facial hair) · sjt ся̄ман (facial hair) · si යටි රැවුල (facial hair) · tet timir (facial hair) · tyv сегел сал (facial hair) · cdo 喙鬚 /喙须 (facial hair) · udm туш (facial hair) · ar لحية (facial hair) · ka წვერი (facial hair) · or ଦାଢ଼ି (facial hair) · el γενειάδα (facial hair) · dlm buarba (facial hair) · se seamu (facial hair) · lzz ფიმფილი (facial hair) · ru брада́ (facial hair) · udi кӏаьжух (facial hair) · gl barba (facial hair) · gez ጽሕም (facial hair) · ks ریش (facial hair) · kmr rî (facial hair) · tzm ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵔⵜ (facial hair) · akv мижелӏу (facial hair) · mdh baka (facial hair) · ia barba (facial hair) · alt сагал (facial hair) · scn varva (facial hair) · nds Boord (facial hair) · cs brada (facial hair) · sva ვა̈̄რე (facial hair) · tl yangot (facial hair) · rsk брада (facial hair) · sa दाढिका (facial hair) · mi paihau (facial hair)