beaded

bead

B0131400 (bēd)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.Idiom: draw/get a bead on To take careful aim at.

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[Middle English bede, rosary bead, prayer, from Old English bed, bedu, gebed, prayer; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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beaded - covered with beads of liquid; "a face beaded with sweat"covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

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