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Bead

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Noun

1. bead

a small ball with a hole through the middle

2. bead, drop, pearl

a shape that is spherical and small

Example Sentences:
'he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops'
'beads of sweat on his forehead'

3. astragal, bead, beading, beadwork

a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

Verb

4. bead

form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

5. bead

decorate by sewing beads onto

Example Sentences:
'bead the wedding gown'

6. bead

string together like beads

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bead

see synonyms of bead
noun
1. 
a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc
2. 
a small drop of moisture
a bead of sweat
3. 
a small bubble in or on a liquid
4. 
a small metallic knob acting as the sight of a firearm
5.  draw a bead on
6. Also called: astragal architecture, carpentry
a small convex moulding having a semicircular cross section
7. chemistry
a small solid globule made by fusing a powdered sample with borax or a similar flux on a platinum wire. The colour of the globule serves as a test for the presence of certain metals (bead test)
8. metallurgy
a deposit of welding metal on the surface of a metal workpiece, often used to examine the structure of the weld zone
9. Roman Catholic Church
one of the beads of a rosary
10.  count one's beads
verb
11. (transitive)
to decorate with beads
12. 
to form into beads or drops

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bead

see synonyms of bead
noun
1. 
a small, usually round piece of glass, wood, metal, etc., pierced for stringing
2.  [pl.]
rosary (sense 1) rosary (sense 1a)
3.  [pl.]
a string of beads; necklace
4. 
any small, round object, as the sight at the muzzle end of a gun barrel
5. 
a drop or bubble
beads of sweat
6. 
a. 
a bubble in an effervescing liquid
b. 
foam or a head, as on beer
7. 
a globule of metal, as gold or silver, obtained by refining in a cupel
8. 
the liplike region around a pneumatic tire that seals to the rim
9.  Architecture
a. 
a narrow, half-round molding
b. 
a molding composed of small rounded ornaments, like a string of beads
10.  Chemistry
a beadlike mass usually formed inside the loop of a platinum wire by the action of a flux, such as borax, upon the oxide or salt of certain metals: used in identifying metals in their compounds, since the metal determines the color of the bead
verb transitive
11. 
to decorate or string with beads or beading
12. 
to string like beads
verb intransitive
13. 
to form a bead or beads

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bead

see synonyms of bead
n.
1.
a. A small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading.
b. beads A necklace made of such pieces.
c. beads Roman Catholic Church A rosary.
d. often beads Obsolete A prayer.
2. A small, round object, especially:
a. A drop of moisture: beads of sweat.
b. A bubble of gas in a liquid.
c. A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.
3. A strip of material, usually wood, with one molded edge placed flush against the inner part of a door or window frame.
4. Architecture
a. A decoration consisting of a usually continuous series of small spherical shapes, as on a convex molding.
b. Beading.
5. A projecting rim or lip, as on a pneumatic tire.
6. A line of continuously applied ductile material, such as solder or caulking compound.
7. Chemistry A globule of fused borax or other flux used in a bead test.
tr. & intr.v. bead·ed, bead·ing, beads
To furnish with or collect into beads.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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