| darn | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn | something of little value.; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" |
| ~ worthlessness, ineptitude | having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful.; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. darn, mend, patch | sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment).; "her stockings had several mends" |
| ~ stitchery, sewing | needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.; "she put her sewing back in the basket" |
| v. (contact) | 3. darn | repair by sewing.; "darn socks" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| ~ sew, sew together, stitch, run up | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| beard | | |
| n. (body) | 1. beard, face fungus, whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face. |
| ~ adult male body, man's body | the body of an adult man. |
| ~ facial hair | hair on the face (especially on the face of a man). |
| ~ fuzz | the first beard of an adolescent boy. |
| ~ imperial, imperial beard | a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III. |
| ~ beaver | a full beard. |
| ~ moustache, mustache | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip.; "he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache" |
| ~ goatee | a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard. |
| ~ stubble | short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days. |
| ~ vandyke beard, vandyke | a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke). |
| ~ attilio, soul patch | a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin. |
| ~ face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| n. (plant) | 2. beard | a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses. |
| ~ fuzz, tomentum, hair | filamentous hairlike growth on a plant.; "peach fuzz" |
| ~ awn | slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses. |
| n. (person) | 3. beard | a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality). |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (animal) | 4. beard | hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals. |
| ~ caprine animal, goat | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns. |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| n. (animal) | 5. beard, byssus | tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface. |
| ~ fiber, fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. |
| v. (stative) | 6. beard | go along the rim, like a beard around the chin.; "Houses bearded the top of the heights" |
| ~ rim | run around the rim of.; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate" |
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