beard

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

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

(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.

(intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.

(LGBT, slang, transitive, intransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.