Analysis Complete

beard

/ beard /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
Type of:
hair
Has parts:
goat caprine animal
noun Sense 2
the hair growing on the lower part of a man''s face
Type of:
hair
Kinds of:
fuzz imperial imperial beard beaver sideburn
Has parts:
face human face adult male body
noun Sense 3
a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
Type of:
person individual someone
noun Sense 4
a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
Type of:
hair fuzz tomentum
Kinds of:
awn
verb Sense 5
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
"Houses bearded the top of the heights"
Type of:
rim
Derived:
face fungus whiskers
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 6
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
Type of:
fiber fibre
Semantic Complexity
98%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
25
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hair fuzz imperial imperial beard beaver sideburn person individual someone tomentum awn rim