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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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
And yet Klein, in his distinctly bookish and measured approach, sometimes recalls an Obamian voice, if the former President had been a journalist with a beard, tattoos, and a predilection for Burning Man.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
These include one in which Arthur sports a full beard, a puzzling image given that Arthur has only a mustache.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The defense secretary also said that long hair and beards will no longer be permitted among service members.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
And yet Klein, in his distinctly bookish and measured approach, sometimes recalls an Obamian voice, if the former President had been a journalist with a beard, tattoos, and a predilection for Burning Man.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
These include one in which Arthur sports a full beard, a puzzling image given that Arthur has only a mustache.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Beard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beard. Accessed 4 Oct. 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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2 of 2biographical name (2)
Daniel Carter 1850–1941 Uncle Dan American painter, illustrator, and organizer of Boy Scouts in U.S.
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