Australian English Meaning of bead

Bead

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Definitions and Meaning of bead in English

Wordnet

bead (n)

a small ball with a hole through the middle

a shape that is spherical and small

a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

Wordnet

bead (v)

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

decorate by sewing beads onto

string together like beads

Webster

bead (n.)

A prayer.

A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

Any small globular body

A bubble in spirits.

A drop of sweat or other liquid.

A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).

A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.

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; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.

Webster

bead (v. t.)

To ornament with beads or beading.

Webster

bead (v. i.)

To form beadlike bubbles.

FAQs About the word bead

Bead

a small ball with a hole through the middle, a shape that is spherical and small, a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture, form into beads, as of wa

drip,drop,droplet,glob,globule,blob,dribble,tear,trickle,Dewdrop

flatten,open,smooth,spread,Unroll,unfold

beaconless => without a beacon, beaconing => beaconing, beaconed => beaconed, beaconage => lighthouse, beacon light => Lighthouse,