beard

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /bɪəd/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /bɪrd/ or /biɚd/

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Noun

Singular beard

Plural beards

A man with a long beard

1. (countable) A beard is hair that grows on a man's face.

   After living in the woods for three months, Tom had grown a big, bushy beard

2. (countable) Hair on the face of some animals, such as a goat's beard.
3. (slang) A woman who goes on a date with a gay male so that others will think that he is heterosexual.