Bearded
['bɪədɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having a growth of hairlike awns; 'bearded wheatgrass' .
(adj.) having hair on the cheeks and chin .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Beard
(a.) Having a beard.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Barbed.[2]. (Bot.) Aristate, awned.
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Examples
- Suddenly he raised his bearded face, saw us close to him, and pulled up, springing from his machine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was terrible to think of again encountering those bearded, sneering simpletons; yet the ground must be retraced, and the steps sought out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was a tall, black-bearded fellow, who had just come back from the East; but I only saw him once. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But Mr Crich, pale and black-bearded and deprecating, came behind her, saying: 'Yes, I don't like you coming as late as this. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was that of a bearded man, but the beard was short and bristled forward in a way very different from that of the captain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Williamson is a white-bearded man, and he lives alone with a small staff of servants at the Hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In he walked, a middle-sized, dark-haired, dark-eyed, black-bearded man, with a touch of the Sheeny about his nose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A frowsy, bearded brigand sprang into the road with a shout, and flourished a musket in the light of the moon! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They probably followed herds of horses, the little bearded ponies of that age, as these moved after pasture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Outside was a ditch, dry except immediately under the fire, where there was a large pool, bearded all round by heather and rushes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was a tall man, full-bearded, with spectacles, one glass of which had been knocked out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A picturesque grey-headed and grey-bearded old Jew, in a shovel-hat and gaberdine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Who should it be but the pale-faced, bearded man, who seemed himself in so nervous a state? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What, then, is the connection between Godfrey Staunton and the bearded man? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Please move the knee, said the bearded doctor. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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