bearded
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədɪd/ / /ˈbɪədəd/ / /ˈbɪɹdəd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).
- Having a beard; involving a beard.
“(botany)”
“(zoology)”
- Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
“bearded mussel”
“This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, / Stand like Druids of eld [...]”
- Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
- Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
“[...] who knows / If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent / His powerful mandate to you, ‘Do this, or this; Take in that kingdom, and enfranchise that; / Perform 't, or else we damn thee.’”
“… for with his hammer Thor / Smote 'mid the rocks the lichen-bearded pines / And burst their roots …”
- Having barbs of a certain color.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).
- Ellipsis of bearded iris.
“The herbaceous perennial irises benefit from at least one feeding a year in early spring as growth begins. Siberian and Japanese irises appreciate a second feeding just as the flowers fade. Beardeds do best with a second feeding in late summer.”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- simple past and past participle of beard