Beard vs. Gill

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.

The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.

The byssus of certain shellfish.

The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

(botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.

Example: ‘the beard of grain’;

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

(obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.

To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

Example: ‘Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.’;

(transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

(transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.

Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.

A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.

That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

An imposition; a trick.

To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.

To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.

Example: ‘No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial.’;

To deprive of the gills; - used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

go along the rim, like a beard around the chin;

Example: ‘Houses bearded the top of the heights’;

A beard is the hair that grows on the jaw, chin, upper lip, lower lip, cheeks, and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards.

(animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals

(of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover

Example: ‘Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.’;

(mycology) one of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne

(animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle

(figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle

(spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments

a drink measure for spirits and wine size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint

a measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

(British) rivulet

(British) ravine

a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

(Scotland) a leech

a female ferret

(obsolete) a promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton

(obsolete) a prostitute

to remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it

(transitive) to catch (a fish) in a gillnet

(intransitive) to be or become entangled in a gillnet

(obsolete) To act as a prostitute.

An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Example: ‘Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.’;

The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

The flesh under or about the chin.

One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

A leech.

A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.

The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); - called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters

a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

A gill ( (listen)) is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist.