Definitions for bead
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadnoun

   a small ball with a hole through the middle

2. drop, bead, pearlnoun

   a shape that is spherical and small

   "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

3. beading, bead, beadwork, astragalverb

   a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

4. beadverb

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

5. beadverb

   decorate by sewing beads onto

   "bead the wedding gown"

6. beadverb

   string together like beads

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadnoun

   Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

2. beadnoun

   Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

3. beadnoun

   A small round object

4. beadnoun

   A ridge, band, or molding.

5. beadnoun

   A knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.

   We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project.

6. beadverb

   To form into a bead.

   The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.

7. beadverb

   To apply beads to.

   She spent the morning beading the gown.

8. Etymology: From gebed, from. Cognate with Dutch bede, German Gebet.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beadnoun

   Etymology: beade, prayer, Saxon.

   1. Small globes or balls of glass or pearl, or other substance, strung upon a thread, and used by the Romanists to count their prayers; from whence the phrase to tell beads, or to be at one’s beads, is to be at prayer.

   That aged dame, the lady of the place,
   Who all this while was busy at her beads. Fairy Q. b. i.

   Thy voice I seem in every hymn to hear,
   With ev’ry bead I drop too soft a tear. Alexander Pope, El. to Abel.

   2. Little balls worn about the neck for ornament.

   With scarfs and fans, and double change of brav’ry,
   With amber bracelets, beads, and all such knav’ry. William Shakespeare, Taming of a Shrew.

   3. Any globular bodies.

   Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war,
   That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   Several yellow lumps of amber, almost like beads, with one side flat, had fastened themselves to the bottom. Boyle.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bead

   A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimetre (0.039 in) to over 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in diameter. Beads represent some of the earliest forms of jewellery, with a pair of beads made from Nassarius sea snail shells dating to approximately 100,000 years ago thought to be the earliest known example. Beadwork is the art or craft of making things with beads. Beads can be woven together with specialized thread, strung onto thread or soft, flexible wire, or adhered to a surface (e.g. fabric, clay).

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1. bead

   A bead is a small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for threading or stringing. Beads are often used in jewelry making, decoration, or crafting. They may come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, and may be engraved or painted with patterns.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beadnoun

   a prayer

2. Beadnoun

   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

3. Beadnoun

   any small globular body

4. Beadnoun

   a bubble in spirits

5. Beadnoun

   a drop of sweat or other liquid

6. Beadnoun

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

7. Beadnoun

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

8. Beadnoun

   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

9. Beadverb

   to ornament with beads or beading

10. Beadverb

    to form beadlike bubbles

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bead

   A bead is a small, decorative object of various shapes & sizes, being solid or hollow, but usually pierced for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimetre to over 1 centimetre in diameter. A pair of beads made from Nassarius sea snail shells, approximately 100,000 years old, are thought to be the earliest known examples of jewellery. Beadwork is the art or craft of making things with beads. Beads can be woven together with specialized thread, strung onto thread or soft, flexible wire, or adhered to a surface.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bead

   bēd, n. a little ball pierced for stringing, a series of which forms the rosary or paternoster, used in counting the prayers recited: any small ball of glass, amber, &c. strung in a series to form a necklace: a bead-like drop: the small knob of metal forming the front-sight of a gun—whence the Americanism, To draw a bead upon = to take aim at: (archit.) a narrow moulding with semicircular section.—v.t. to furnish with beads.—v.i. to form a bead or beads.—adj. Bead′ed, furnished with beads.—ns. Bead′-house, a house for poor people who were required to pray for the soul of the founder: an almshouse; Bead′ing, a moulding in imitation of beads.—adj. Bead′-proof, of such proof or strength as to carry beads or bubbles when shaken, as alcoholic liquors.—ns. Bead′-roll, in pre-Reformation times, a roll or list of the dead to be prayed for, hence a list of names, a long series: a rosary; Beads′man, Bedes′man, one employed to pray for others, or one endowed to do so: (Scot.) a public alms-man or licensed beggar:—fem. Beads′woman.—adj. Bead′y, bead-like, small and bright (of eyes): covered with beads or bubbles.—To say, tell, count one's beads, to offer a prayer. [A.S. bed, gebed, a prayer, from biddan, to pray. See Bid.]

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1. BEAD

   What does BEAD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BEAD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Decorate
   • Form
   • Jewelry
   • String

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Anagrams for bead »

1. abed

2. bade

3. baed

How to pronounce bead?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bead in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bead in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bead in a Sentence

1. Ronit Lupu:

   On completion of the excavations at Shu?fat, it is quite evident that there was a thriving settlement in the Jerusalem area in ancient times. Thousands of years later, the buildings uncovered are of a standard that would not fall short of Jerusalem’s architecture, this discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported.

2. Brenda Ueland:

   I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten--happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.

3. William Faulkner:

   The world is still, for she is old And many´s the bead of life she´s told. Her gossip there, the watching moon Views hill and stream and wave and dune

4. Ronit Lupu:

   This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.

5. Shaena Campbell:

   It's more than just a dog. Shadoh was 19 when she was first diagnosed with cancer, and when she was too ill to get up, she ’d sit in bed and bead. Eventually she sold her handmade jewelry to save enough money to buy Hoss. Three years later, she was diagnosed with cancer again, fox4news.com reported. If she was really sick and she couldn't do anything, he would be there.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bead
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bead
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bead
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bead
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bead
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bead
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bead