beak

Definition of beak in English English dictionary: strike with the beak; The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram; A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food; A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority
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.; The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed; seize with the beak; A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus; {n} the bill of a bird, a promontory, a point; (ê°ì • æ®¼é ‚); horny projecting mouth of a bird; A toe clip; The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera; Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant; hit lightly with a picking motion; The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal; {i} neb; horny jaws of a bird; snout; any item that has the shape of a beak or ends in a point; hooked nose (Slang); person's nose (Slang); (British Slang) magistrate; school principal; See Clip, n; The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve; {f} peck, hit with little force in a picking motion; A rigid structure projecting from the front of a birds face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food; The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds; Far; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e g , turtles); A magistrate or policeman; turtles informal terms for the nose; A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead; A bird's beak is the hard curved or pointed part of its mouth. a black bird with a yellow beak. = bill. or bill Stiff, projecting oral structure of birds and turtles (both of which lack teeth) and certain other animals (e.g., cephalopods and some insects, fishes, and mammals). The term bill is preferred for the beak of a bird, composed of upper and lower jaws covered by a horny sheath of skin, with the nostrils on top, usually at the base. The shapes and sizes of bills are adapted for obtaining food, preening, building nests, and other functions; they range from the long, slim bill of nectar-sipping hummingbirds to the sturdy, curved, nut-cracking bill of parrots. bill of exchange Bill of Rights Bill Max Blass Bill Bradley Bill Brandt Bill Buffalo Bill Canada Bill Cosby Bill Evans Bill Gates Bill GI Bill of Rights Haley Bill Hartack Bill Hickok Wild Bill Jones Bill T. Monroe Bill Reform Bill of 1832 Reform Bill of 1867 Reform Bill of 1884-85 Robinson Bill Russell Bill Shoemaker Bill Tilden Bill treasury bill Veeck Bill Wade Davis Bill Clinton Bill ivory billed woodpecker; horny projecting mouth of a bird beaklike mouth of animals other than birds e; Pokémon possessing a beak Skills: Peck (but not Drill Peck; see Straight Beak); The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws; informal terms for the nose; That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee; A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off; Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land; the raised part of the dorsal margin of the shell; also called the umbo; A justice of-peace, or magistrate. Also a judge or chairman who presides in court; A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles
beaky: Having a beak
beaky: Having a nose which resembles a beak
beaky: Beak-like
beaked: {a} haviang a beak, hooked, pointed
beaked: Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate
beaked: {s} resembling a beak; having a beak
beaked: Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped
beaked: past of beak
beaked: having or resembling a beak
beaks: plural of beak
beaks: third-person singular of beak
beaky: {s} (British insulting slang) with a long and large nose; having a hooked nose
parrot's beak: evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
the beak: neb

beak

Turkish pronunciation

bik

Synonyms

bill, schnozzle, mandible, muzzle, neb, nib, nozzle, pecker, proboscis, projection, prow, snout

Pronunciation

/ˈbēk/ /ˈbiːk/

Etymology

[ 'bEk ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English bec, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish beccos 'chicken beak', literally 'small' (compare Irish beag 'little', Welsh bach, bychan Breton bac'h, bihan and beg 'beak').

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