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beak
noun
1 beak
Beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles).
Roget 234:
front;
fore,
forepart;
foreground;
face,
disk,
disc,
frontage;
facade,
proscenium,
facia [Lat.],
frontispiece;
anteriority†;
obverse
(of a medal or coin).
fore rank,
front rank;
van,
vanguard;
advanced guard;
outpost;
first line;
scout.
brow,
forehead,
visage,
physiognomy,
phiz†,
countenance,
mut [Slang];
rostrum,
beak,
bow,
stem,
prow,
prore†,
jib.
pioneer
etc.
(precursor)
64;
metoposcopy†.
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Roget 967:
judge;
justice,
justiciar†,
justiciary†;
chancellor;
justice of assize,
judge of assize;
recorder,
common sergeant;
puisne judge,
assistant judge,
county court judge;
conservator of the peace,
justice of the peace;
J. P.;
court
etc.
(tribunal)
966;
magistrate,
police magistrate,
beak [Slang];
his worship,
his honor,
his lordship.
jury,
twelve men in a box.
Lord Chancellor,
Lord Justice;
Master of the Rolls,
Vice Chancellor;
Lord Chief Justice,
Chief Baron;
Mr.
Justice,
Associate Justice,
Chief Justice;
Baron,
Baron of the Exchequer.
jurat [Lat.],
assessor;
arbiter,
arbitrator;
umpire;
referee,
referendary†;
revising barrister;
domesman†;
censor
etc.
(critic)
480;
barmaster†,
ephor†;
grand juror,
grand juryman;
juryman,
talesman.
archon,
tribune,
praetor,
syndic,
podesta†,
mollah†,
ulema,
mufti,
cadi†,
kadi†;
Rhadamanthus†.
litigant
etc.
(accusation)
938.
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Dutch: bek
Polish: dziób
2 beak
Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
synonyms: bill, neb, nib, pecker.
Dutch: bek, bekje, nebbe, snavel, sneb, snebbe
Polish: dziób
3 beak
A beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures.
4 beak
Informal terms for the nose.
synonyms: honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout.
Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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verb
1 beak
Hit lightly with a picking motion.
synonyms: peck, pick.
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