Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈbiːd/
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[ˈbɪi̯d]
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biːd
Noun
Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
Usage- Archaic
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That he must believe in the Pope;—go to Mass;—cross himself;—tell his beads;—be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven.
Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
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Holonym: prayer beads
A small, round object. A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
A small, round object. Various small, round solid objects.
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Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
A small, round object. A small drop of water or other liquid.
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beads of sweat
A small, round object. A bubble, in spirits.
A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
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She drew a bead on the target and fired.
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But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming. Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
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We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project
A ridge, band, or molding. A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
A ridge, band, or molding. A narrow molding with semicircular section.
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A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.
Usage- Dated
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the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
A decorative, convex, rounded profile (often a half-circle) cut into an edge or surface of wood, typically defined by a narrow, deep channel called a quirk.
Verb
To form into a bead.
Usage- Intransitive
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The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
To apply beads to.
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She spent the morning beading the gown.
To form into a bead.
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He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.
To cause beads to form on (something).
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Only the hum of the miserable creatures stirred the heavy murk that beaded our foreheads with sweat as we pushed our way through it.
Noun
a small ball with a hole through the middle
a shape that is spherical and small
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he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
beads of sweat on his forehead
a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
Verb
form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
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decorate by sewing beads onto
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bead the wedding gown
string together like beads