Definition of beaks in English

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Noun Plural: beaks
beak - horny projecting mouth of a bird
		bill, neb, nib, pecker
		mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
		bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
beak - beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
		mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
beak - informal terms for the nose
		honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz
		olfactory organ, nose a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
beak - a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

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beak (Noun)
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
beak (Noun)
A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
beak (Noun)
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
beak (Noun)
The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
beak (Noun)
The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
beak (Noun)
The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.
beak (Noun)
A justice of the peace , magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
beak (Noun)
The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
beak (Noun)
Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
beak (Noun)
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.
beak (Noun)
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
beak (Noun)
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
beak (Noun)
Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
beak (Noun)
A toe clip .
beak (Verb)
Strike with the beak.
beak (Verb)
Seize with the beak.

beak (n.)
The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
beak (n.)
A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
beak (n.)
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
beak (n.)
The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
beak (n.)
The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
beak (n.)
Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
beak (n.)
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.
beak (n.)
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
beak (n.)
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
beak (n.)
Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
beak (n.)
A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
beak (n.)
A magistrate or policeman.

beak
External anatomical structure of birds which is used for taking food and for eating.
beak
To hit lightly with a picking motion.
beak
To not go to class without permission.

beak
bēk, n. the bill of a bird: anything pointed or projecting: the nose: in the ancient galley, a pointed iron fastened to the prow for piercing the enemy's vessel: (slang) a magistrate.—adj. Beaked (bēkt). [O. Fr. bec—Low L. beccus, of Celt. (Gaulish) origin.]

beak
A piece of brass like a beak, fixed at the head of the ancient galleys, with which they pierced their enemies. Pisæus is said to have first added the rostrum or beak-head. Later it was a small platform at the fore part of the upper deck, but the term is now applied to that part without the ship before the forecastle, or knee of the head, which is fastened to the stem and is supported by the main knee. Latterly, to meet steam propulsion, the whole of this is enlarged, strengthened, and armed with iron plates, and thus the armed stem revives the ancient strategy in sea-fights. Shakspeare makes Ariel thus allude to the beak in the "Tempest:"-- "I boarded the king's ship; now on the beak, Now in the waist, the deck, in every cabin, I flam'd amazement."

beak
A justice of-peace, or magistrate. Also a judge or chairman who presides in court. 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.

A beak is the nose and mouth of a bird or octopus. it is used for eating, fighting and many other things. An example of this is the duck.

Some kinds of insects have mouths that are long and narrow and are called a beak.