bearded

1. To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
2. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.

   Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham.

3. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
4. To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
5. 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.

noun

A bearded iris.

1. Having a beard; involving a beard.
2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
3. (Of an axe) having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
4. (in combination) Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.