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TOEFL BNC: 10354 COCA: 11092

beak

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
beak /ˈbiːk/ noun
plural beaks
beak
/ˈbiːk/
noun
plural beaks
Learner's definition of BEAK
[count]
: the hard usually pointed parts that cover a bird's mouth : bill鸟嘴;喙
see picture at bird
informal + humorous : a person's nose(人的)鼻子,鹰钩鼻

— beaked

/ˈbiːkt/ adjective
TOEFL BNC: 10354 COCA: 11092

beak

noun

1
a
: the bill of a bird
especially : a strong short broad bill
b(1)
: the elongated sucking mouth of some insects (such as the true bugs)
(2)
: any of various rigid projecting mouth structures (as of a turtle)
c
: the human nose
2
: a pointed structure or formation:
a
: a metal-pointed beam projecting from the bow especially of an ancient galley for piercing an enemy ship
b
: the spout of a vessel
c
: a continuous slight architectural projection ending in an arris see molding illustration
d
: a process suggesting the beak of a bird
3
chiefly British
beaked adjective
beaky adjective

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the beak of a hawk an actor with a big beak
Recent Examples on the Web On Sunday, Blake posted a photo to Instagram of her kissing Emmanuel on the beak. Elliot Lewis, NBC News, 19 July 2022 But a new study suggests that their head and beak act like a stiff hammer for optimal pecking performance rather a shock-absorbing system to cushion the brain. Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 14 July 2022 If the skull really was absorbing shocks, then upon each peck, the brain should decelerate far less than the beak—just as when a car hits a bump, its body jerks less than its wheels do. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 14 July 2022 For the study, Dr. Hughes and her colleagues looked at a set of physical traits — body size, beak dimension and shape, and leg and wing length — extracted from 8,455 avian species in natural history museum collections. New York Times, 21 July 2022 The swan began to slowly raise its head: a pink-violet beak with a crimson edge and a blue-violet neck, each feather of which shimmered in the sun. Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 There is the Cassia crossbill, a finch with a twisty beak found in a single county in Idaho. New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022 As for cruel, one afternoon a crow buzzed through our backyard, something big and squirming in its beak. John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 May 2022 Some use their hard beak to drill into the shells of clams. Erin Spencer, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bec, from Anglo-French, from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of beak was in the 13th century
TOEFL BNC: 10354 COCA: 11092
beak

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BEAK ADJECTIVEshort, small短喙;小喙large, long大喙;長喙curved, hooked, pointed, sharp鈎形喙;尖狀喙powerful有力的喙VERB + BEAKopen張開喙close閉上喙

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