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# bearded

adjective (bearded)

«bearded» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bearded means having a beard, hair growing on the chin and cheeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#m1)
2. In animals and plants, bearded describes tufts of hair or bristles, like a bearded dragon or bearded wheat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and descriptions, «a bearded man» helps the reader picture a character, like a bearded wizard or pirate. In science and nature, the bearded dragon is a lizard from Australia that is a popular pet, and the bearded vulture is a large bird. In safety lessons about describing people, children learn to notice details like «bearded» or «tall».

### Examples

- A tall bearded man opened the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x1)
- The wizard was old and bearded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x2)
- My uncle is bearded and wears glasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x3)
- The bearded dragon is a lizard from Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x4)
- The bearded pirate shouted, «Land ahoy!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x5)
- Bearded vultures live in the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x6)
- Describe the bearded man to the police officer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x7)
- The bearded farmer waved from his tractor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x8)
- Last came the white-bearded man, but he fared no better than the rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/#x9)

### Note

Adjective from «beard» + -ed. No comparative form is normally used. Do not confuse «beard» (hair on the face) with «bird» or «bared» (showed, as in «bared its teeth»).

## In Jewish tradition

A kind of vulture with a beard of feathers, which is a bird that Israel may not eat.

**Interpretation.** The bearded vulture is on the list of unclean birds. The rabbis say a bird is unclean if it is a bird of prey.

### Examples

- But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah DEU.14.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearded/#x1)
- And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah LEV.11.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearded/#x2)

### Note

Adjective from «beard» + -ed. No comparative form is normally used. Do not confuse «beard» (hair on the face) with «bird» or «bared» (showed, as in «bared its teeth»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bearded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bearded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bearded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bearded.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bearded» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bearded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bearded» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bearded.html) on Mova free.