beard
noun
[ bɪəd ]
• a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face.
• "he had a black beard"
Similar:
facial hair,
whiskers,
stubble,
designer stubble,
five o'clock shadow,
bristles,
full beard,
goatee,
imperial,
Vandyke,
Abe Lincoln,
side whiskers,
sideburns,
mutton chops,
moustache,
moustaches,
sideboards,
beaver,
• a person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity.
• "the beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds"
• a woman who accompanies a gay man as an escort to a social occasion, in order to help conceal his homosexuality.
• "the closeted male and his female ‘beard’"
beard
verb
• boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable).
• "he was afraid to beard the sultan himself"
Similar:
confront,
face,
challenge,
brave,
come face to face with,
meet head on,
defy,
oppose,
stand up against,
square up to,
dare,
throw down the gauntlet at,
Origin:
Old English, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch baard and German Bart .
