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.
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.
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.
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.