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bearding

  • present participle of beard.

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There’s talk of bearding dragons in their den and of forthcoming battles, plus a rather lovely foray into a deep cave system.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2016

One can only imagine what Mr. Beale might have done with the character if the script had been more daring in bearding Stalin in his innermost lair.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2012

John Buckler, 31, from Lansing, Mich., likened the bearding community to a social club.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2011

They also had the impertinence to use heavy-handed humor in bearding the heavy-handed czar.

From Time Magazine Archive

The grey moss grew thickly here, covering the fallen stones in great mounds and bearding all the towers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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