beardbeard1 /bɪəd $ bɪrd/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINbeard
Origin:
Old EnglishEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Beyond the great sweep of blue trouser and the distant clouds of sweater was a beard.
- But his beard seems to belong to another man and another time.
- Certainly with his long, jet-black, forked beard, he looked the part.
- Gyggle steepled his freckled fingers and tucked them under a tier of the beard.
- Models sported immaculate centre-parted shoulder-length hair and the beginnings of goatee beards.
- Some of their fathers wore beards.
WORD SETS
Afro, nounaftershave, nounanti-perspirant, nounastringent, adjectiveastringent, nounatomizer, nounauburn, adjectivebackcomb, verbbald, adjectivebalding, adjectivebalm, nounbarber, nounbarbershop, nounbarrette, nounbath, nounbathe, verbbeard, nounbeautician, nounbeautify, verbbeauty contest, nounbeauty mark, nounbeauty parlor, nounbeauty queen, nounbeauty salon, nounbikini line, nounblackhead, nounblond, adjectiveblonde, adjectiveblonde, nounblow-dry, verbblusher, nounbob, verbbob, nounbody, nounbody spray, nounbrilliantine, nounBrylcreem, nounbubble bath, nounbun, nounbuzzcut, nouncleanser, nouncoiffure, nouncold cream, nouncollagen, nouncologne, nouncomb, nouncomb, verbcompact, nouncomplexion, nouncondition, verbconditioner, nouncornrows, nouncosmetic, adjectivecosmetics, nouncosmetic surgery, nouncotton bud, nouncotton wool, nouncream, noundental floss, noundeodorant, noundepilatory, noundimple, noundouble chin, noundowny, adjectiveeau de cologne, nounelectrolysis, nounemery board, nounessential oil, nouneyebrow pencil, nouneyeliner, nouneye shadow, nounface cream, nounfacelift, nounface pack, nounface powder, nounfacial, nounfacial scrub, nounfalse teeth, nounflannel, nounflattop, nounfoam, nounfoundation, nounfragrance, nounfringe, noungel, noungrey, adjectivegrey, verbgrip, nounhairbrush, nounhaircut, nounhairdo, nounhairdresser, nounhairdryer, nounhairgrip, nounhairline, nounhairnet, nounhairpiece, nounhairpin, nounhair slide, nounhairspray, nounhairstyle, nounhealth farm, nounhenna, nounhighlight, verbhirsute, adjectivehydrogen peroxide, nounkinky, adjectiveknot, nounkohl, nounlacquer, nounlacquer, verblank, adjectivelanolin, nounlather, verblayer, verbliner, nounlip gloss, nounliposuction, nounlipstick, nounloofah, nounlotion, nounlowlights, nounmade-up, adjectivemake-up, nounmanicure, nounmanicured, adjectivemascara, nounmedicated, adjectivemilky, adjectivemoisturize, verbmoisturizer, nounmousse, nounmoustache, nounmoustachioed, adjectivemousy, adjectivemouthwash, nounmudbath, nounmudpack, nounmusk, nounmustachioed, adjectivemutton chop whiskers, nounmyrrh, nounnailbrush, nounnail file, nounnail polish, nounnail scissors, nounnit, nounnose job, nounoil, nounointment, nounolive, nounpaint, verbpart, nounpart, verbparting, nounpate, nounpedicure, nounperfume, nounperfume, verbperfumery, nounperm, nounperm, verbpermanent, nounpermanent wave, nounperoxide, nounpigtail, nounplait, nounpomade, nounponytail, nounpowder, verbpowder puff, nounpreen, verbprimp, verbpumice, nounquiff, nounraven, adjectiverazor, nounrecede, verbred, adjectiveredhead, nounrhinoplasty, nounroll-on, nounrosewater, nounrouge, nounscent, nounshampoo, nounshampoo, verbshave, verbshave, nounshaven, adjectiveshaver, nounshaving brush, nounshaving cream, nounshort back and sides, nounshower cap, nounshower gel, nounsideburns, nounskincare, nounslide, nounsoap, verbspa, nounspiky, adjectivesplit ends, nounspray, nounstringy, adjectivestylist, nounsunbed, nounsunblock, nounsunburn, nounsun cream, nounsunglasses, nounsunlamp, nounsunscreen, nounsunshade, nounsuntan, nounsuntan lotion, nounsun-worshipper, nounswarthy, adjectiveswept-back, adjectivetalc, nountalcum powder, nountease, verbtester, nountoilet bag, nountoiletries, nountoilet water, nountone, verbtoner, nountooth, nountoothbrush, nountoothpaste, nountoothpick, nountooth powder, nountweezers, nounvanity case, nounVaseline, nounwar paint, nounwash, nounwave, nounwave, verbwavy, adjectivewax, verbwear, verbwetting solution, nounwhisker, nounwig, nounwrinkle, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a grizzled old man his scraggly gray beardCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1hair that grows around a man’s chin and cheeks2something similar to a beard, such as hair growing on an animal’s chin—bearded adjective a grizzled old man his scraggly gray beard· The father, black beard full of snow shards, watched the youngest son, watched him work.· Gary has a tightly trimmed black beard.· He had a pointed black beard, and an earring dangled in one ear.· His face was covered by a thick black beard with tiny flecks of gray in it.· I remember little about him except that he had a black beard flecked with grey, and gave me oranges.· The black beard, for example, and the overly bushy eyebrows.· He was a tall, handsome man, with a full black beard.· He was a small fellow, deeply suntanned, with a little black beard and fiery dark eyes.
· He was a small stubby man with glasses and a trimmed dark beard.· He clearly viewed my sharp nose and dark beard in a more favorable light than the starlets had.· His dark hair and even darker beard do nothing to assuage her discomfort.
· His expression was unreadable beneath what was now almost a full beard.· His yellow teeth gleamed in the abundant black of his full beard.· Shrewd in business, he had a ready wit and a distinctive appearance, with a full beard and piercing eyes.· The boys were harangued by a man in a full beard.· Mr. Stone was an old man with a full white beard although he had a daughter several years younger than me.· He was a tall, handsome man, with a full black beard.
· He was thin, and there appeared to be dark patches growing in through the grey of his beard.· He was thirty-four, but looked much older, had a grotesquely humped back, a grey beard and droopy moustache.· Mr Rockoff now sports a long grey beard and was often in evidence, smoking fat cigarettes.· The menfolk have an aged, craggy appearance, being hunch-backed from their hard labour, and wear a long grey beard.
· It had a long white beard.· On the way to the church, she ran into an old soldier with a strange long red beard.· It had been an old-timer, with a long white beard and a Gabby Hayes hat.· He was tail and lanky and had a long reddish brown beard and lectured in a voice that was basso and happy.· The longer his beard grew the more ginger it became; another bad sign.· That was in the mid-1970s, when he wore his hair long and his beard bushy.· Reaching the bottom he saw the Emperor Frederick with a long beard, sitting on a golden throne.· The casement was splattered with bat lime, the wall covered with a long beard of it, almost to the floor.
· A meticulous tinkerer with a balding pate and a white-frosted red beard, he is as stern as a preacher.· She does not succeed in persuasively outing the Don Juan / Superman with his diabolical red beard and Jaeger wool suits.· He kept an eye out for fierce-looking highlanders with red beards, kilts and claymores.· On the way to the church, she ran into an old soldier with a strange long red beard.· Stoker was over six feet in height, with a red beard that contrasted with a full head of brown hair.· The first thing you noticed about Rex was his bushy red beard.
· From his shiny, greasy, biker-looking jeans to his short, greying beard, he was muscle and bone.· Then we dressed him in a new outfit and persuaded him to reveal his own short beard instead of the fake white one.· His hair is thick but cut quite short and he has a short goatee beard.· His bloke, disconsolate, questioned the judge and went off scratching his short beard.
· It had a long white beard.· A Yippie showed up in a white beard, walking slowly.· He had a neatly trimmed white beard and used a pince-nez for reading.· It had been an old-timer, with a long white beard and a Gabby Hayes hat.· A small, happy man with a white beard, he always wore the traditional grocers' apron.· Mr. Stone was an old man with a full white beard although he had a daughter several years younger than me.· Pinker in the face behind the thicket of white beard.
VERB· Either that, or he had only yesterday decided to bow to fashion and grow a beard.· By 1966, they were allowed to grow beards.· A bollard trying to grow a beard.· Men get sea legs and become catlike and grow beards.· Anyone growing a beard was immediately condemned as a dangerous left wing revolutionary.· They wanted to know if he had ever grown a beard?· My grandma told my father off for growing a beard.
· He had shaved off his beard, and his face looked less thin and less serious than before.· Within a few weeks he had shaved off his beard and bought his first suit and tie.· He had shaved off his beard again.· He remembered, just in time, not to shave - the beard was needed for the Edwardian Ball.
· He had no razor of course, so he sported a straggly beard and moustache.· Farag sports a three-day beard and has a bandage stretched across his forehead.
· The MI5 man pondered for a moment and stroked his beard.· That at least made Pinkus stroke his beard again.· He laughed a bit and stroked his beard a bit.· Exactly, White answers, stroking his beard.· Tait stroked his beard again with long, elegant fingers, appraising her with colourless eyes.· He stroked his beard and then scratched irritably through it.· He stroked at his beard for a second.
· Just three words of advice Ricky: Trim the beard.· Gary has a tightly trimmed black beard.· The younger men were cynically attentive, petting their carefully trimmed beards inspired by Edison Banks.
· Now that he is wearing a beard, he looks just like Dana - the square-shaped face, the mouth, the nose.· Some of their fathers wore beards.· You first wear beards so that you can mix with these foreigners and appear as one of them.· He wore a sharp little beard, though his eyes were sightless.· The axeman wore the first beard of a boy and had big ears that stuck through his hair.· He was white, tall, and wore a scraggy beard.· The menfolk have an aged, craggy appearance, being hunch-backed from their hard labour, and wear a long grey beard.