Overview of noun beard

The noun beard has 5 senses

• beard, face fungus, whiskers -- (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)


• beard -- (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)


• beard -- (a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality))


• beard -- (hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals)


• byssus, beard -- (tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface)

Overview of verb beard

The verb beard has 1 sense

• beard -- (go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights")