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There are many ways to define a "bead." Here are just a few definitions. Do you agree? bead [beed] noun 1. A SMALL, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 2. Beads. A necklace of beads: You don't have your beads on this evening. A rosary -obsolete. devotions; prayers. 3. Any SMALL globular or cylindrical body. 4. A drop of liquid: beads of moisture. 5. A bubble rising through effervescent liquid. 6. Usually, beads. a mass of such bubbles on the surface of a liquid. 7. The front sight of a rifle or gun. ~ Verb (used with object): 14. To form or cause to form beads or a bead on. 15. To ornament with beads. 16. Carpentry. to form a bead on (a piece). verb (used without object) 17. To form beads; form in beads or drops: perspiration beading on his forehead. ~ Idioms 18. Count /say /tell one's beads, to say one's prayers, using rosary beads: There were a few old women counting their beads in the hushed silence of the chapel. 19. Draw /get a bead on, to take careful aim at: The marksman drew a bead on his target. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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