[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a thick growth of hair on the face, especially on an adult man, often including a mustache:He's been growing out his beard for a couple of months, and it's filling in nicely.", "Zoology.a tuft, growth, or part resembling or suggesting the thick growth of hair on the human face, such as the tuft of long hairs on the lower jaw of a goat or the cluster of hairlike feathers at the base of the bill in certain birds.", "Botany.a tuft or growth of awns or the like, as on wheat or barley.", "a barb or catch on an arrow, fishhook, knitting needle, crochet needle, etc.", "Also calledbev·el neck[bev, -, uh, l nek].Printing.the sloping part of a type that connects the face with the shoulder of the body.British.the space on a type between the bottom of the face of an x-high character and the edge of the body, comprising both beard and shoulder.the cross stroke on the stem of a capital G.", "the sloping part of a type that connects the face with the shoulder of the body.", "British.the space on a type between the bottom of the face of an x-high character and the edge of the body, comprising both beard and shoulder.", "the cross stroke on the stem of a capital G.", "Slang.a romantic partner chosen to conceal a person's orientation, especially that of a gay or lesbian person."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to oppose boldly; defy :It took courage for the mayor to beard the pressure groups.Synonyms: face , dare , brave , confront Antonyms: dodge , avoid", "to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of:The hoodlums bearded the old man.", "to supply with a beard."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Slang.to act as a romantic partner to someone in order to conceal their sexual orientation, especially that of a gay or lesbian person."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Charles Austin,1874–1948,and his wife Mary,1876–1958, U.S. historians.", "Daniel Carter,1850–1941,U.S. artist and naturalist: organized the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.", "James Andrew,1903–85,U.S. cooking teacher and food writer."]}]