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noun (plural beads) |
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1. ball for necklace: a small gemstone or glass, plastic, or wooden ball, pierced for stringing on a cord or sewing onto fabric
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2. drop of moisture: a drop of moisture, especially of sweat
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3. architecture furniture building or furniture trim: an edge or rim that sticks out on a building or a piece of furniture, traditionally with a pattern of rounded knobs
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4. arms gun sight: a knob sticking up on the end of the barrel of a gun, forming the front part of the gun's sight
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5. automotive seal on tire: a projecting lip on the tire of a motor vehicle that forms a seal to the wheel rim
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6. metallurgy deposit of metal: a deposit of metal used in welding
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plural noun beads |
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1. necklace: a necklace made of beads
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2. religion
Same as rosary (sense 2) (sense 3)
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verb (past and past participle bead·ed, present participle bead·ing, 3rd person present singular beads) |
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1. transitive verb decorate something with beads: to trim or ornament something with beads
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2. intransitive verb form into beads: to form drops of moisture
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| [ Old English gebed "prayer" < Germanic] |
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  bead·ed adjective |
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draw or get a bead on somebody or something
1. to take careful aim at somebody or something
2. to single out somebody or something for special consideration
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tell or say or count your beads to say prayers recited in sequence and counted using a rosary
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