beard

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. whiskers; goatee, vandyke; stubble. See roughness, hair.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. whiskers, brush, Vandyke, chin whiskers, imperial, muttonchops, goatee, spade beard, full beard, forked beard, side whiskers, sideburns, burnsides, stubble, five o'clock shadow*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

whiskers, stubble, five o'clock shadow, bristles, *rat's nest.

WORD FIND

• anchorlike, short, pointy fringe extending up to bottom lip: anchor

• curly, thick, square-cut: Trojan beard

• ducktail-like: ducktail beard

• forked: swallowtail beard

• goatlike chin tuft: goatee, satyric tuft

• long tuft extending beneath lower lip, worn by Napoleon III: Imperial

• medium, no mustache: Lincolnesque

• pointed, short, no sideburns: Van Dyke

• rounded: aureole

• sideburns, bushy, shaped: muttonchops

• slender, pointed: stiletto

• spade shaped: spade beard, Shenandoah

• Spanish style, pointed, medium length: Câdiz

• square-cut, long: tile

• tuft of hair under bottom lip: barbiche

• twisted or twined: screw beard

see mustache

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To confront boldly and courageously: brave, challenge, dare, defy, face, front. Idioms: fly in the face of, snap one's fingers at, stand up to, thumb one's nose at. See RESIST.