bearded

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪədɪd/, /ˈbɪədəd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɹdəd/, /ˈbiɚdəd/ === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== bearded (comparative more bearded, superlative most bearded) (possessional) Having a beard; involving a beard. 1693, Juvenal, The Satyrs, translated by John Dryden and others, London: J. Tonson, 1735, 6th edition, Satyr VI, p. 80, [1] There are who in soft Eunuchs place their Bliss; / To shun the Scrubbing of a bearded Kiss, / And 'scape Abortion; but their solid Joy / Is when the Page, already past a Boy, / Is Capon'd late; and to the Gelder shown, / With his two Pounders to Perfection grown. / When all the Navel string cou'd give, appears; / All but the Beard, and that's the Barber's loss, not theirs. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with). 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. (in combination) Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type. 1855, Matthew Arnold, Balder Dead, Part II, lines 55-7, in The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867, Oxford University Press, 1909, p. 248, [3] [...] for with his hammer Thor / Smote 'mid the rocks the lichen-bearded pines / And burst their roots [...] (heraldry) Having barbs of a certain color. ===== Synonyms ===== barbigerous, beardy, be-bearded (botany) awny, barbate, barbed (zoology, botany) bristly (heraldry) barbed ===== Antonyms ===== beardless ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== bearded (plural beardeds) (informal, botany, horticulture) Ellipsis of bearded iris. === Etymology 2 === From beard +‎ -ed. ==== Verb ==== bearded simple past and past participle of beard === References === === Anagrams === breaded, debeard, derdeba