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Uncommonbearded
The correct spelling is bearded.
How to pronounce bearded
verb
IPA: /ˈbɪədəd/
Say it like: Bee-rde-d
The correct spelling is bearded. To grow hair on the chin and jaw. For example: "Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."
Usage Examples
“Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
- 2.To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
- 3.To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
- 4.To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
- 5.Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
noun
- 1.A bearded iris.
adjective
- 1.Having a beard; involving a beard.
- 2.Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
- 3.(Of an axe) having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
- 4.(in combination) Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
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