1. to remove the beard or beards from (a person or animal)
Usage: transitive verb; often used in culinary contexts for shellfish
2. to remove the byssal threads (beard) from mussels or similar shellfish before cooking
Usage: transitive verb; culinary/cooking term

Examples

• The chef carefully debearded the mussels before steaming them.
• You should debeard the shellfish under cold running water.
• She debearded her husband's face with a straight razor.
• The recipe instructs you to debeard the clams before adding them to the pot.
• He decided to debeard himself after growing a beard for several months.