bead

1. (verb) string together like beads
Related Words: string, thread

2. (verb) decorate by sewing beads onto
Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

3. (verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
Related Words: form, spring, take form, take shape

4. (noun) a small ball with a hole through the middle
Related Words: bugle, jewellery, jewelry

5. (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
Synonyms: astragal, beading, beadwork
Related Words: bead and quirk, molding, moulding, quirk bead

6. (noun) a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
Synonyms: drop, pearl
Related Words: dewdrop, round shape, teardrop



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