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Beak

speaker

Meaning

Noun

  • Anatomical uses.
  • A
    structure
    from the front of a bird's
    , used for
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    food, etc.
  • A
    structure
    the
    of a
    ,
    , etc.
  • The long
    of some
    and other
    ,
    the Hemiptera.
  • The
    or
    part of the
    ,
    the
    of a bivalve.
  • The
    of certain
    the canal.
  • In Botany:
  • Anatomical uses.
  • Any process somewhat like the
    of a
    ,
    the
    or other
    of a plant.
  • Figurative uses.
  • Anything
    or
    a point like a
    , such as a
    of land.
  • In Architecture:
  • Figurative uses.
  • A
    an
    or
    ; that part of a
    from which the water is
    off.
  • In Farriery:
  • Figurative uses.
  • A
    clip.
  • In Nautical:
  • Figurative uses.
  • That part of a
    , before the
    , which is
    to the
    , and
    by the main knee.
  • A
    ,
    or
    at
    with a
    or point, and
    from the
    of an
    , used as a
    to
    the
    of an
    ; a beakhead.
  • In Entomology, Animal body parts & Nymphalid butterflies:
  • Figurative uses.
  • Any of various
    of the
    Libythea,
    for the beak-like
    on their heads.
  • Colloquial uses.
  • The human
    , especially one that is large and pointed.
  • In Southern England English:
  • Colloquial uses.
  • cocaine.
  • In British English:
    A
    ; a magistrate.
    A
    (originally, at Eton).

    Verb

    To
    with the beak.
    To
    with the beak.
    In Northern Irish English:
    To
    truant.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    beak
    English
    arrow
    bec
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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