bearded

Pluralbeardeds

1. 1
   adjective

   Having a beard, or having to do with a beard.

   A tall, bearded man helped us carry the boxes up the stairs.

   Lots of young men like the bearded look these days.

   Similarwhiskered, bewhiskered

   Oppositebeardless, clean-shaven

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2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   With a certain kind of beard, or something like a beard, named by the word in front of it.

   A white-bearded man played the piano in the hotel lobby.

   The long-bearded goat would not leave our picnic alone.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Having a part or edge that looks a little like a beard, often followed by with.

   The rocks by the river were bearded with soft green moss.

   In winter the edge of the roof is bearded with long icicles.

   Similarfringed

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4. 4
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of beard. Use it for an action that already happened.

   She bearded the bully in the hallway and told him to stop.

   The cook had bearded the oysters before the guests arrived.

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A short, casual name that gardeners use for a bearded iris.

   That bearded by the gate has the biggest purple flowers in the yard.

   She dug up her beardeds and gave some to her neighbor.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Used of an ax whose blade reaches far down at the bottom, so it cuts wide but stays light.

   The museum has an old bearded ax that was found near a farm.

   He split the small logs with a light bearded ax.

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7. 7
   adjective

   In coats of arms, having its sharp hooked points shown in a certain color.

   The old shield shows a black arrow bearded in gold.

   On the family crest, each arrow is bearded red.

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