beardEnglishOxford English Thesaurusbeard noun he had a black beard: facial hair, whiskers, stubble, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles; full beard, goatee, imperial, Vandyke, Abe Lincoln, side whiskers, sideburns, mutton chops; moustache, moustaches; British sideboards; British, informal , dated beaver.verb he was afraid to beard the sultan himself: confront, face, challenge, brave, come face to face with, meet head on; defy, oppose, stand up against, square up to, dare, throw down the gauntlet at.word linksbeardpogonophobia fear of beardsbeard Oxford Dictionary of English
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