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beak | beaklike |

As a noun beak

is Anatomical uses.

As a verb beak

is strike with the beak.

As an adjective beaklike is

resembling a beak; pointed.

beak

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anatomical uses .
  • # A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
  • # A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
  • # The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
  • # The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
  • # The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
  • # (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  • Figurative uses .
  • # Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
  • (Carew)
  • # (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
  • # (farriery) A toe clip.
  • # (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
  • # (nautical) A beam, shod or at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
  • Colloquial uses .
  • # (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
  • # (slang, British) A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
  • He's up before the beak again tomorrow.
  • I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free (I began to weep, and the judge set me free)
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    • Synonyms

    * (sense, rigid structure projecting from a bird's face) bill * (human nose) honker, schnozzle

    Derived terms

    * beakish * wet one's beak

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • strike with the beak.
  • seize with the beak.

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

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    beaklike

    English

    Alternative forms

    * beak-like

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a beak; pointed
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 2, Roberta Smith, Widely Known for Obscurity, New York Times citation
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