bearded

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BEARDEDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BEARDED berded, either from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BEARDEDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BEARDED ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English;[1] by surface analysis, beard + -edCategory:English terms suffixed with -ed#BEARDED. Compare Dutch bebaarde (bearded), Middle Low German bārt (bearded), archaic German gebartet (bearded).

Adjective

bearded (comparative more bearded, superlative most bearded)Category:English lemmas#BEARDEDCategory:English adjectives#BEARDEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with entries#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEARDED (possessionalCategory:English possessional adjectives#BEARDED)

  1. Having a beard; involving a beard.
    Synonyms: barbigerous, beardy, be-bearded
    Synonyms: awny, barbate, barbed, bristly (botany)
    Synonym: bristly (zoology)
  2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
    bearded mussel
  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. (in combination) Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
  5. (heraldryCategory:en:Heraldry#BEARDED) Having barbs of a certain color.
    Synonym: barbed
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Noun

bearded (plural beardeds)Category:English lemmas#BEARDEDCategory:English nouns#BEARDEDCategory:English countable nouns#BEARDEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with entries#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEARDED

  1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#BEARDED, botanyCategory:en:Botany#BEARDED, horticultureCategory:en:Horticulture#BEARDED) Ellipsis of bearded irisCategory:English ellipses#BEARDED.
    • 2017, Barbara W. Ellis, “Iris: Irises”, in Taylor's Guide to Growing North America's Favorite Plants: Proven Perennials, Annuals, Flowering Trees, Shrubs, & Vines for Every Garden, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 181:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BEARDED

Etymology 2

From beard + -edCategory:English terms suffixed with -ed#BEARDED.

Verb

beardedCategory:English non-lemma forms#BEARDEDCategory:English verb forms#BEARDEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with entries#BEARDEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEARDED

  1. simple past and past participle of beard

References

  1. Don Ringe (2021), A Historical Morphology of English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language – Advanced), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 149:ModE bearded is probably not a direct descendant of OE ġebearded, since the modern word does not seem to be attested before the late fourteenth century.

Anagrams

Category:en:Beards#BEARDED
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