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WHISKERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
Synonyms:
beard; face fungus; whiskers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whiskers" is a kind of...):
facial hair (hair on the face (especially on the face of a man))
Meronyms (parts of "whiskers"):
moustache; mustache (an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whiskers"):
fuzz (the first beard of an adolescent boy)
imperial; imperial beard (a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III)
beaver (a full beard)
goatee (a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard)
stubble (short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days)
vandyke; vandyke beard (a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke))
Attilio; soul patch (a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin)
Holonyms ("whiskers" is a part of...):
adult male body; man's body (the body of an adult man)
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
Context examples:
Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white side-whiskers disappear among the throng.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Under the whiskers, and all unseen, I knew that the skin was taking on a purplish hue.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The Irish Terrier is a medium-sized, well-proportioned terrier with long whiskers, a bearded muzzle with powerful jaws, and bushy eyebrows.
(Irish Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
It was long, whitish, and blotched with pimples, the nose flattened, and the lower jaw projecting, with a bristle of coarse whiskers round the chin.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A medium-sized macaque that tends to be an opportunistic omnivore, the Macaca fascicularis has grey-brown or reddish-brown fur that lightens ventrally, and cheek whiskers.
(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)
Still talking, Mr. Ford led him into the general office, where he introduced him to the associate editor, Mr. White, a slender, frail little man whose hand seemed strangely cold, as if he were suffering from a chill, and whose whiskers were sparse and silky.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I saw, besides, many old sailors, with rings in their ears, and whiskers curled in ringlets, and tarry pigtails, and their swaggering, clumsy sea-walk; and if I had seen as many kings or archbishops I could not have been more delighted.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Let us call in the soldier with the green whiskers," he said, "and ask his advice."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Gradually, I became used to seeing the gentleman with the black whiskers.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
