English Explanatory Dictionary

bearded

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a beard; involving a beard.
  2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
  3. 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.
  4. Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
  5. Having barbs of a certain color.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of bearded iris.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of beard

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪədɪd/ /ˈbɪədəd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bearded.wav /ˈbɪɹdəd/ /ˈbiɚdəd/

Word forms

bearded more bearded most bearded beardeds

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”).

Synonyms

barbigerous beardy be-bearded awny barbate barbed bristly

Antonyms

beardless

Derived words

bearded clam bearded collie bearded creeper bearded dragon bearded eagle bearded hawksbeard bearded iris bearded lady bearded lizard bearded mountaineer bearded mussel beardedness bearded parrotbill bearded pig Sus ahoenobarbus) bearded reedling bearded saki bearded seal bearded star bearded tit bearded tortoise bearded vulture blue-bearded diabetic bearded woman syndrome full-bearded nonbearded scraggle-bearded unbearded white-bearded antshrike
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