BEARD


Meaning of BEARD in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bushy , flowing , full , shaggy

▪ neat , neatly clipped , neatly trimmed , trim

▪ patchy , scraggly ( AmE ), scruffy , straggly ( BrE ), unkempt , wispy

▪ goatee ( esp. BrE ) (usually just goatee in AmE )

▪ pointed

▪ ginger ( BrE ), grey/gray , reddish , white , etc.

▪ greying/graying , grizzled

▪ fake , false ( esp. BrE )

VERB + BEARD

▪ grow

▪ have , sport , wear

He sported a pointed ~.

▪ clip , cut , trim

▪ shave , shave off

▪ pull , pull at , rub , scratch , stroke , tug , tug at

Jim stroked his ~ reflectively.

BEARD + VERB

▪ grow

My beard's grown a lot.

▪ be streaked with sth

His ~ is streaked with white.

BEARD + NOUN

▪ growth , stubble

He had two days' ~ growth.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a/the ~

She's scared of men with ~s.

PHRASES

▪ a three-day, etc. growth of ~

▪ a three-day-old, etc. ~

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