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beard




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beard
     1. n. Barbe.
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beard
     1. n. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
     2. n. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
     3. n. The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
     4. n. The byssus of certain shellfish.
     5. n. The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
     6. n. In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
     7. n. (botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
           the beard of grain
     8. n. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
     9. n. That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
     10. n. (printing, dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
     11. n. (LGBT, slang) A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.
     12. v. (obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
     13. v. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
           Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.
     14. v. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
     15. v. To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

Exemples de phrases

If a philosopher doesn't have a long, white beard, I don't trust him. 
    Si un philosophe n'a pas une longue barbe blanche, je ne lui fais pas confiance.
I saw the great prophet with my own eyes. He had eyes like sparkling stars, and a beard like foaming water. 
    J'ai vu le grand prophète de mes propres yeux. Il avait les yeux comme des étoiles étincelantes et une barbe comme de l'eau écumante.
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man. 
    C'est peut-être parce qu'il a une barbe qu'il semble effrayant à première vue, mais en fait c'est un homme très gentil.
He grew a beard while he was on holiday. 
    Il s'est laissé pousser la barbe pendant qu'il était en vacances.
A beard doesn't make a philosopher, nor does wearing a cheap coat. 
    La barbe ne fait pas le philosophe, pas plus que de porter un manteau bon marché.



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