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.
To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
To touch or hit something while moving.
To converge and finally touch or intersect.
To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
To satisfy; to comply with.
To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
To get acquainted with someone.
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
To play a match.
To balance or come out correct.
To come together in conflict.
To adjoin, be physically touching.
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
A meeting.
A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.