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beak meaning

EN[biːk] [-iːk]
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WBeak
  • The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating and for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.
  • Although beaks vary significantly in size, shape, color and texture, they share a similar underlying structure. Two bony projections—the upper and lower mandibles—are covered with a thin keratinized layer of epidermis known as the rhamphotheca.
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    Definition of beak in English Dictionary

  • NounPLbeaks
    1. Anatomical uses.
      1. Figurative uses.
        1. (Can we find and add a quotation of Carew to this entry?)
      2. Colloquial uses.
        1. He's up before the beak again tomorrow.
        2. 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)
    2. VerbSGbeaksPRbeakingPT, PPbeaked
      1. (transitive) strike with the beak.
        1. (transitive) seize with the beak.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. — Grew.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Verbs
              • Transitive verbs
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            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of beak for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "beak" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
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