beard

beard
noun
ADJECTIVE
bushy, flowing, full, shaggy
neat, neatly clipped, neatly trimmed, trim
patchy, scraggly (AmE), scruffy, straggly (BrE), unkempt, wispy
goatee (esp. BrE) (usually just goatee in AmE)
pointed
ginger (BrE), grey/gray, reddish, white, etc.
greying/graying, grizzled
fake, false (esp. BrE)
VERB + BEARD
grow
have, sport, wear

He sported a pointed beard.

clip, cut, trim
shave, shave off
pull, pull at, rub, scratch, stroke, tug, tug at

Jim stroked his beard reflectively.

BEARD + VERB
grow

My beard's grown a lot.

be streaked with sth

His beard is streaked with white.

BEARD + NOUN
growth, stubble

He had two days' beard growth.

PREPOSITION
with a/the beard

She's scared of men with beards.

PHRASES
a three-day, etc. growth of beard
a three-day-old, etc. beard

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