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Collocations for beard - noun

ADJECTIVE

bushy, flowing, full, shaggy
neat, neatly clipped, neatly trimmed, trim
patchy, scraggly (AmE), scruffy, straggly (BrE), unkempt, wispy
goatee (esp. BrE) (usually just goatee in AmE)
pointed
ginger (BrE), grey/gray, reddish, white, etc.
greying/graying, grizzled
fake, false (esp. BrE)

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VERB + beard

grow
have, sport, wear
He sported a pointed beard.
clip, cut, trim
shave, shave off
pull, pull at, rub, scratch, stroke, tug, tug at
Jim stroked his beard reflectively.

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beard + VERB

grow
My beard's grown a lot.
be streaked with sth
His beard is streaked with white.

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beard + NOUN

growth, stubble
He had two days' beard growth.

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PREPOSITION

with a/the beard
She's scared of men with beards.

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PHRASES

a three-day, etc. growth of beard
a three-day-old, etc. beard

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