[{"word":"beards","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The byssus of certain shellfish.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the beard of grain"},{"definition":"A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To grow hair on the chin and jaw.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."},{"definition":"To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beard","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beards"]}]