beak

nounnose of animal

Synonyms for beak

noun nose of animal

Word Origin & History

mid-13c., "bird's bill," from Old French bec "beak," figuratively "mouth," also "tip or point of a nose, a lance, a ship, a shoe," from Latin beccus (cf. Italian becco, Spanish pico), said by Suetonius ("De vita Caesarum" 18) to be of Gaulish origin, perhaps from Gaulish beccus, possibly related to Celtic stem bacc- "hook." Or there may be a link in Old English becca "pickax, sharp end." Jocular sense of "human nose" is from 1854 (but also was used mid-15c. in the same sense).

Example Sentences for beak

I am lean and bony and I've got a beak where I should have a nose.

All I do know was, that I was brought before a beak and charged with stealing.

He brought them alive in his beak, and gave them to his companion.

And the beak giv' 'em six weeks—coss the ship warn't overloaded.

I can see her figure-head distinctly—a bird with a beak as big as its head.'

There is often a very audible snap of the beak as they arrest their prey.

The feet are not feathered, and the legs and beak are shorter.

My master's a law-cove, and he'll 'ave y' up before the beak.

All the rest of the body is black; while the beak is of the colour of sulphur.

And as he sought for it he saw a raven with a leaf in her beak.

beak

Synonyms for beak

cape

head

mouth

mucro

mucronation

beak

Synonyms for beak

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cape

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mouth

mucro

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