answer vs beard

answer

verb
  • To be opposite, or to act in opposition. 

  • To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence. 

  • To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand. 

  • To be accountable or responsible; to make amends. 

  • To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment. 

  • To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with. 

  • To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. 

  • To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to. 

  • To make a reply or response to. 

  • To file a document in response to a complaint. 

  • To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute. 

noun
  • A solution to a problem. 

  • A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. 

  • A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. 

beard

verb
  • To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded. 

  • To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt. 

  • 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. 

  • Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape. 

  • To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills. 

noun
  • The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds. 

  • The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes. 

  • In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies. 

  • The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster. 

  • Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn. 

  • The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle. 

  • A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out. 

  • That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle. 

  • A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual. 

  • The byssus of certain shellfish. 

  • Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck. 

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