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Bearded

/ˈbɪədəd/

To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

📖 Definitions of "Bearded"

verb

1
To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
2
To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
"Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."
3
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
4
To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
awned	Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
barbate	(botany) bearded; having long thin hairs
unshaven	Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
whiskered	Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.
awny	Having awns; bearded, bristly
bewhiskered	Having whiskers
whiskerynoun	Having whiskers.
unshaved	Not shaved.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
awned	Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
whiskered	Possessed of whiskers; covered in bristles.
awnynoun	Having awns; bearded, bristly
whiskerynoun	Having whiskers.
bewhiskered	Having whiskers
barbatenoun	(botany) bearded; having long thin hairs
unshaven	Not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
unshaved	Not shaved.
couleenoun	A stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller than a bayou; it may (or may not) run dry in summer, may be sluggish, shallow, and wide (forming in effect a pond or slough), or may have cut a deep gulch or ravine.
rocklingnoun	Any of various fishes of the Lotidae family.
barbunoun	found along western atlantic coast
daredverb	(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
barbigerous	(rare, humorous) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
beardynoun	Bearded.
hirsutenoun	Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
full-bearded	Of the face, having a thick beard and moustache.
bristly	Covered with bristles.
stubbly	Having stubble.
be-bearded	Having a beard.
beardly	Of, relating to, or resembling a beard; beardish.