bead

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//ˈbiːd//
/[ˈbɪi̯d]/

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

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1
archaïquePrayer, later especially with a rosary.
That he must believe in the Pope;—go to Mass;—cross himself;—tell his beads;—be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven.
2
Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
Holonym: prayer beads
3
A small, round object. A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
4
A small, round object. Various small, round solid objects.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
5
A small, round object. A small drop of water or other liquid.
beads of sweat
6
A small, round object. A bubble, in spirits.
7
A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
She drew a bead on the target and fired.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
8
A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming. Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project
9
A ridge, band, or molding. A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
10
A ridge, band, or molding. A narrow molding with semicircular section.
11
vieilliA 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.
the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
12
A decorative, convex, rounded profile (often a half-circle) cut into an edge or surface of wood, typically defined by a narrow, deep channel called a quirk.

Étymologie

From Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of bedes (literally “a pair of beads”), from Old English bedu, bed, ġebed (“a request, entreaty, prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bedu, *bed, *gabed, from Proto-Germanic *bedō, *bedą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gebäd (“prayer”), Cimbrian gapéet (“prayer”), Dutch gebed and bede (“prayer”), German Gebet (“prayer”), Low German Gebett (“prayer”), Luxembourgish Gebiet (“prayer”), Vilamovian gybāt (“prayer”).

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1
To form into a bead.
The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
2
To apply beads to.
She spent the morning beading the gown.
3
To form into a bead.
He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.
4
To cause beads to form on (something).
Only the hum of the miserable creatures stirred the heavy murk that beaded our foreheads with sweat as we pushed our way through it.

Formes

pluriel: beads
passé: beaded
participe passé: beaded
participe présent: beading
3ᵉ personne du singulier: beads

Beach · A surname.beacon · A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to…Beacon · A town in Western Australia.

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

beads · A beaded necklace.beak · A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face,…Beale · A surname.

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