WordWeb Online

1. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
   - face fungus, whiskers
    
2. A tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
    
3. A person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
    
4. Hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
    
5. Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
   - byssus

1. Go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
   "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

Derived forms: bearding, bearded, beards

Type of: facial hair, fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn], fuzz, hair, individual, mortal, person, rim, somebody, someone, soul, tomentum

Part of: adult male body, caprine animal, face, goat, human face, man's body

Encyclopedia: Beard, Paul