Bard vs. Bad

Bardnoun

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Bardnoun

(by extension) A poet.

Bardnoun

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

Bardnoun

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

Bardnoun

(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Bardnoun

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Bardnoun

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Bardverb

To cover a horse in defensive armor.

Bardverb

(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Bardnoun

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Bardnoun

Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Bardnoun

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

Bardnoun

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

Bardnoun

A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Bardnoun

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Bardnoun

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Bardverb

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Bardnoun

a lyric poet

Bardnoun

an ornamental caparison for a horse

Bardverb

put a caparison on;

Bardnoun

a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition

Bardnoun

Shakespeare.

Bardnoun

the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod

Bardnoun

a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting.

Bardverb

cover (meat or game) with rashers of fat bacon

Bard

In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Originally bards were a specific lower class of poet, contrasting with the higher rank known as fili in Ireland and Highland Scotland.

Badadjective

Unfavorable; negative; not good.

Badadjective

Not suitable or fitting.

Badadjective

Not appropriate, of manners etc.

Badadjective

Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

Badadjective

Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

Badadjective

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

Badadjective

Evil; wicked.

Badadjective

Faulty; not functional.

Badadjective

(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

Badadjective

(of breath) Malodorous; foul.

Badadjective

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

Badadjective

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

Badadjective

Of poor physical appearance.

Badadjective

(informal) Bold and daring.

Badadjective

(hip-hop slang) Good; superlative.

Badadjective

Severe, urgent.

Badadjective

Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Badadjective

(slang) Fantastic.

Badadverb

Badly.

Badnoun

(slang) Error, mistake.

Badnoun

An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

Badverb

(archaic) lang=en. See bade.

Badverb

To shell (a walnut).

Bad

Bade.

Badadjective

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; - the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.

Badnoun

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;

Badadjective

having undesirable or negative qualities;

Badadjective

very intense;

Badadjective

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');

Badadjective

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;

Badadjective

not capable of being collected;

Badadjective

below average in quality or performance;

Badadjective

nonstandard;

Badadjective

not financially safe or secure;

Badadjective

physically unsound or diseased;

Badadjective

capable of harming;

Badadjective

keenly sorry or regretful;

Badadjective

characterized by wickedness or immorality;

Badadjective

reproduced fraudulently;

Badadjective

not working properly;

Badadverb

with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');

Badadverb

very much; strongly;