beard

English Thesaurus

1. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fiber, fibre,
definition	:	a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance)

2. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hair,
definition	:	a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss (noun.body)

part meronym	:	caprine animal, goat,
definition	:	any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns (noun.animal)

3. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face (noun.body)

hypernym	:	facial hair,
definition	:	hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) (noun.body)

hyponym	:	fuzz,
definition	:	the first beard of an adolescent boy (noun.body)

hyponym	:	imperial, imperial beard,
definition	:	a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III (noun.body)

hyponym	:	beaver,
definition	:	a full beard (noun.body)

hyponym	:	goatee,
definition	:	a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard (noun.body)

hyponym	:	stubble,
definition	:	short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days (noun.body)

hyponym	:	vandyke, vandyke beard,
definition	:	a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) (noun.body)

hyponym	:	attilio, soul patch,
definition	:	a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin (noun.body)

part holonym	:	moustache, mustache,
definition	:	an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip (noun.body)

part meronym	:	adult male body, man's body,
definition	:	the body of an adult man (noun.body)

part meronym	:	face, human face,
definition	:	the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear (noun.body)

4. a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

5. a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fuzz, hair, tomentum,
definition	:	filamentous hairlike growth on a plant (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	awn,
definition	:	slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses (noun.plant)

6. go along the rim, like a beard around the chin (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	rim,
definition	:	run around the rim of (verb.stative)

7. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals (noun.animal)

derivation	:	beard, beard,
definition	:	go along the rim, like a beard around the chin (verb.stative)

8. go along the rim, like a beard around the chin (verb.stative)

derivation	:	beard,
definition	:	hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals (noun.animal)

derivation	:	beard, face fungus, whiskers,
definition	:	the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face (noun.body)

9. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals (noun.animal)

derivation	:	beard, beard,
definition	:	go along the rim, like a beard around the chin (verb.stative)

10. go along the rim, like a beard around the chin (verb.stative)

derivation	:	beard,
definition	:	hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals (noun.animal)

derivation	:	beard, face fungus, whiskers,
definition	:	the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face (noun.body)

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