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(verb) string together like beads |
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Related Words: string, thread |
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(verb) decorate by sewing beads onto |
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Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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(verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example |
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Related Words: form, spring, take form, take shape |
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(noun) a small ball with a hole through the middle |
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Related Words: bugle, jewellery, jewelry |
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(noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture |
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Synonyms: astragal, beading, beadwork |
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Related Words: bead and quirk, molding, moulding, quirk bead |
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(noun) a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" |
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Synonyms: drop, pearl |
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Related Words: dewdrop, round shape, teardrop |
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