bewhisker
Definition
Verb: * To furnish or provide with whiskers; to cover or adorn with hair-like projections, especially on the face.
Usage
The verb "bewhisker" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object. It is used to describe the action of adding whiskers to something. It is a formal, literary, and somewhat archaic word, rarely used in everyday modern English. It is most commonly found in descriptive or poetic contexts.
Examples
- The old portrait bewhiskered the stern general, giving him an air of rugged authority.
- The taxidermist carefully bewhiskered the stuffed cat to make it appear more lifelike.
- Frost began to bewhisker the windowpane with delicate, crystalline patterns.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: The word can be used figuratively to describe anything that covers or adorns a surface with fine, hair-like lines or projections.
- Example: The creeping vines bewhiskered the ancient stone wall.
Variants and Related Words
- Whiskered (Adjective): Having whiskers.
- Example: The whiskered man smiled.
- Whiskers (Noun): The long, stiff hairs growing near the mouth of an animal like a cat or a man's facial hair on the cheeks.
- Bewhiskered (Adjective): This is the more common form, meaning "having whiskers" or "furnished with whiskers."
- Example: He was a bewhiskered old sailor.
Synonyms
- Adorn with whiskers
- Furnish with whiskers
Antonyms
- Shave
- Clean-shaven (adjective form)
Verb
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furnish with whiskers
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a whiskered jersey
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