Meaning of "beard" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEARD

Old English beard; related to Old Norse barth, Old High German bart, Latin barba.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BEARD

beard  [bɪəd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEARD

Beard is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb beard in English.

WHAT DOES BEARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Beard

A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck of human beings and some non-human animals, In humans, usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism, a hormonal condition of excessive hairiness, may develop a beard. When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically excludes the moustache. Throughout the course of history, societal attitudes towards male beards have varied wildly depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era's fashion trends. Some religions have always considered a full beard to be absolutely essential for all males able to grow one, and mandate it as part of their official dogma. Other cultures, view a beard as central to a man's virility, exemplifying such virtues as wisdom, strength, sexual prowess and high social status. However, in cultures where facial hair is uncommon, beards may be associated by some with poor hygiene or a "savage", uncivilized, or even dangerous demeanor.

Definition of beard in the English dictionary

The first definition of beard in the dictionary is the hair growing on the lower parts of a man's face. Other definition of beard is any similar growth in animals. Beard is also a tuft of long hairs in plants such as barley and wheat; awn.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEARD

PRESENT

Present

I beard

you beard

he/she/it beards

we beard

you beard

they beard

Present continuous

I am bearding

you are bearding

he/she/it is bearding

we are bearding

you are bearding

they are bearding

Present perfect

I have bearded

you have bearded

he/she/it has bearded

we have bearded

you have bearded

they have bearded

Present perfect continuous

I have been bearding

you have been bearding

he/she/it has been bearding

we have been bearding

you have been bearding

they have been bearding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bearded

you bearded

he/she/it bearded

we bearded

you bearded

they bearded

Past continuous

I was bearding

you were bearding

he/she/it was bearding

we were bearding

you were bearding

they were bearding

Past perfect

I had bearded

you had bearded

he/she/it had bearded

we had bearded

you had bearded

they had bearded

Past perfect continuous

I had been bearding

you had been bearding

he/she/it had been bearding

we had been bearding

you had been bearding

they had been bearding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will beard

you will beard

he/she/it will beard

we will beard

you will beard

they will beard

Future continuous

I will be bearding

you will be bearding

he/she/it will be bearding

we will be bearding

you will be bearding

they will be bearding

Future perfect

I will have bearded

you will have bearded

he/she/it will have bearded

we will have bearded

you will have bearded

they will have bearded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bearding

you will have been bearding

he/she/it will have been bearding

we will have been bearding

you will have been bearding

they will have been bearding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would beard

you would beard

he/she/it would beard

we would beard

you would beard

they would beard

Conditional continuous

I would be bearding

you would be bearding

he/she/it would be bearding

we would be bearding

you would be bearding

they would be bearding

Conditional perfect

I would have beard

you would have beard

he/she/it would have beard

we would have beard

you would have beard

they would have beard

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bearding

you would have been bearding

he/she/it would have been bearding

we would have been bearding

you would have been bearding

they would have been bearding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you beard
we let´s beard
you beard

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to beard

Past participle

bearded

Present Participle

bearding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BEARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beard» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of beard

brave · confront · dare · defy · face · facial hair · five-o´clock shadow · goatee · oppose · stubble · tackle · whiskers

TRANSLATION OF BEARD

Find out the translation of beard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of beard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beard» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 胡须
• Translator English - Spanish: barba
• English: beard
• Translator English - Hindi: दाढ़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: لـِحْيَة
• Translator English - Russian: борода
• Translator English - Portuguese: barba
• Translator English - Bengali: দাড়ি
• Translator English - French: barbe
• Translator English - Malay: Janggut
• Translator English - German: Bart
• Translator English - Japanese: あごひげ
• Translator English - Korean: 턱수염
• Translator English - Javanese: Jenggot
• Translator English - Vietnamese: râu
• Translator English - Tamil: தாடி
• Translator English - Marathi: दाढी
• Translator English - Turkish: sakal
• Translator English - Italian: barba
• Translator English - Polish: broda
• Translator English - Ukrainian: борода
• Translator English - Romanian: barbă
• Translator English - Greek: μούσι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: baard
• Translator English - Swedish: skägg
• Translator English - Norwegian: skjegg

10 QUOTES WITH «BEARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beard.

1

Richard C. Armitage

A full beard looks cool.

2

Amitabh Bachchan

I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India.

3

Sayed Badreya

When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.

4

Peter L. Bergen

The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote.

5

Alvah Bessie

Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle.

6

A. J. Bowen

I did four movies where I gained, like, fifty pounds. I had curly hair, and I had all of this facial hair. I had put on all this weight for these movies, and I did four or five of them back-to-back. Then I cut the weight and I got fit again. I cut my beard and I took away the mustache, and people were like, 'What are you doing?'

7

Craig Brown

A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.

8

John Cleese

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard.

9

Jean Cocteau

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

10

Ornette Coleman

I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEARD»

Discover the use of beard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Beard

A magnificent showcase of chops, bristles, and whiskers, this book belongs on the shelf of any true facial hair connoisseur.

Matthew Rainwaters, 2012

Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

'This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past' Judith Rice, Guardian'Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that ghostly place and she has brought it ...

Mary Beard, 2010

Peter Beard: fifty years of portraits

A collection of photographs and photocollages from the March 1998 exhibition, "Fifty Years of Portraits" at the Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Peter Hill Beard, Peter T. Tunney, 1999

The Parthenon

'Sophisticated, engaging ... she unravels the intricacies with the light and deft touch which characterises the whole book ... something for classicists and laymen alike' Gavanndra Hodge, Independent on Sunday 'The classical world still ...

Mary Beard, 2010

Poets Ranked by Beard Weight

A commemorative re-release of a classic work of Edwardian esoterica, originally printed as a subscription leaflet for fashionable gentlemen, whimsically compares the beards of famous poets from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Henry David ...

Upton Uxbridge Underwood, 2011

The Roman Triumph

In this book, classicist Beard uses--and debunks--modern conceptions of this celebration in order to explore not only what we know and don't know about ancient times, but how we know.

Mary Beard, 2009

Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome.

Mary Beard, John North, S. R. F. Price, 1998

Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook

This book, the second of the two volumes that make up Religions of Rome, presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire (both visual evidence and texts in ...

Mary Beard, John North, S. R. F. Price, 1998

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United ...

Questioning the Founding Fathers' motivations in drafting the Constitution, it viewed the results as a product of economic self-interest. Perhaps the most controversial books of its time.

Charles A. Beard, 2004

Blue Beard (Illustrated)

The classic fairy tale of Blue Beard illustrated by Walter Crane. Crane's work in children's books in cooperation with the publisher Edmund Evans earned him worldwide fame in the latter 19th century.

Charles Perrault, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beard is used in the context of the following news items.

Khloe Kardashian -- I'm with the Beard ... Date Night with James …

Khloe, James, and his famous beard were spotted leaving dinner Saturday night at Red 8, a fancy Asian restaurant in the Wynn. Vegas sources ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»

Breaking Hair News: Henry Cavill Steps Out Sans Beard in Ireland

Superman aka Henry Cavill was spotted drinking a pint at an Irish music festival over the weekend, sporting a sexy-stubbled face. «Celebuzz, Jul 15»

The beard making a style comeback

At The Art of Men's Cuts in Bryant, they specialize in dapper haircuts, beard trims and hot shaves. Will Don is the owner of the barber shop. «THV 11, Jul 15»

Stephen Colbert and his Snow-White Beard to Appear on …

And speaking of slang, dig that beard! The baby-faced Colbert gained a good 20 years with that thing, right? It's shocking. I feel like that girl who ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»

Long Beard Brewing Company seeks IDA tax breaks

Bob Castaldi, owner of the Second Street firehouse building, and Paul Karlin, right, of Long Beard Brewing Co. address the Riverhead IDA ... «Riverhead News Review, Jul 15»

Men focus efforts on facial hair

Beard balms, oils and waxes are reaching shops around town — including Thread, which stocks beard-centric products made by Cliff Original, ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Henry Cavill Loses The Beard And Goes For Scruff As He Prepares …

The actor was spotted sporting a new look at the Groove Music Festival in Ireland this weekend, probably in preparations for his stop at ... «Socialite Life, Jul 15»

Saugus Teacher Gives Up Beard for New Woodworking Machine …

Friedman allowed students to shave his beard and moustache, which had not been shaved in more than 30 years. “When an opportunity is ... «SCVNEWS.com, Jul 15»

Burt Shavitz, Who Provided The Bees And The Beard For Burt's …

Burt Shavitz — the unabashedly crotchety, free-spirited co-founder of Burt's Bees whose unruly beard perfectly positioned the “simple, ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»

Drake New Beard Turns-On Rihanna & Serena Williams? 'Thirsty …

First, rapper Drake's muscled-up body caught the drool-worthy attention of several fans on social media. But now, Instagram groupies are going ... «Mstarz, Jul 15»