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- Dictionarybead/biːd/
noun
- 1. a small piece of glass, stone, or similar material that is threaded with others to make a necklace or rosary or sewn on to fabric: "long strings of beads" Similar
- 2. a drop of a liquid on a surface: "beads of sweat" Similar
verb
- 1. decorate or cover with beads: "I beaded the jacket by hand"
- 2. cover (a surface) with drops of moisture: "his face was beaded with perspiration"
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a small, coloured, often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, etc. with a hole through it. It is usually put on a string with a lot of others to make jewellery: She wore a necklace of brightly coloured wooden beads. Beads of sweat stood out on his forehead. She fingered the beads of her rosary.
Bead definition: 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.. See examples of BEAD used in a sentence.
Beads are small pieces of coloured glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through the middle. Beads are often put together on a piece of string or wire to make jewellery.
a small, colored, often round piece of plastic, wood, glass, etc. with a hole through it. It is usually put on a string with a lot of others to make jewelry: She wore a necklace of brightly colored wooden beads. Beads of sweat stood out on his forehead. She fingered the beads of her rosary.
The meaning of BEAD is prayer —usually used in plural. How to use bead in a sentence. Did you know?
(Crafts) a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc. 2. a small drop of moisture: a bead of sweat.
BEAD definition: 1. a small, round ball of glass, plastic, or wood that is used for making jewellery: 2. a small…. Learn more.
A bead is a small bauble or jewel with a hole through its middle for stringing on a necklace or bracelet. You can make your own jewelry by stringing colorful beads on a long cord. Beads are decorative balls made from stone, glass, or plastic.
Definition of bead noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 millimeter (0.039 in) to over 1 centimeter (0.39 in) in diameter.
