old man's beard
A fringe treeA fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
» You look older with a beard.
Mit Bart siehst du älter aus.
Mit Bart sehen Sie älter aus.
С бородой ты выглядишь старше.
Meaning
6 senses(countable)A fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).
(countable, uncountable)Australian clematis (Clematis aristata).
(countable, uncountable)Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), a climbing plant of Europe.
ломоно́с виноградоли́стныйlomonós vinogradolístnyj, клема́тис виноградоли́стныйklemátis vinogradolístnyj
(uncountable)Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a bromeliad of the Americas.
(uncountable)Beard lichen (Usnea spp.).
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, man, -'s, beard.
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
- vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
Examples
3 sentencesYou look older with a beard.
ruС бородой ты выглядишь старше. — marafon
deMit Bart siehst du älter aus. — Waldelfe
The old man stroked his beard thoughtfully.
ruСтарик задумчиво погладил бороду. — Selena777
deDer Alte strich sich nachdenklich durch den Bart. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The old man's beard was long and thin.
deDer Alte hatte einen langen, dünnen Bart. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: old man's beards / old men's beards| Singular | old man's beard |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers:virgin's bowerdevil's darning needleClematis virginiana
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America:Spanish mossblack mosslong mossTillandsia usneoides
- vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn:traveler's joytraveller's joyClematis vitalba
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable