What does "bearded" mean?
Ellipsis of bearded iris.
Bearded
/ˈbɪɹdəd/ adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Ellipsis of bearded iris.
- Grammar: bearded is listed as adj, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: awned, awny, barbate, barbate.
- Useful contrasts: beardless, shaven, acquiesce.
- Usage evidence: The bearded god had promised to return someday in the same way he had left.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of bearded iris. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
"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
- 1 simple past and past participle of beard form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having a beard; involving a beard.
"Good sir, be a man: / Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked / May draw with you:"
- 2 Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
"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 [...]"
- 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. in-compounds
"[...] 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.’"
- 5 Having barbs of a certain color.
Adjective
- 1 having a growth of hairlike awns wordnet
- 2 having hair on the cheeks and chin wordnet
Example
"The bearded god had promised to return someday in the same way he had left."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bearded"?
Common synonyms include: awned, awny, barbate, barbate, barbed, barbigerous.
How do you use "bearded" in a sentence?
The bearded god had promised to return someday in the same way he had left.
How do you pronounce "bearded"?
Pronounced /ˈbɪɹdəd/.
Etymology
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”).
Etymology 2
From beard + -ed.