beard / beered [bi:rd]
beard – n. – 1. hair growing on the chin and lower cheeks of the face, esp. a man’s face; 2. a similar tuft on an animal (esp. a goat); 3. the awn of a grass, sheath of barley, etc.; v. tr. – oppose openly, defy
beered – v. intr. – simple past & past part. – to drink or indulge in beer