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   bead

   /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 ballpelletpillglobulespheroidspherulesphereovalovoidorbroundpearlnecklacestring of beadschapletrosary
   • 2. a drop of a liquid on a surface: "beads of sweat" Similar dropletdropblobbubbledotdewdropteardropinformal:glob
   • 3. a small knob forming the foresight of a gun.
   • 4. the reinforced inner edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips the rim of the wheel.
   • 5. an ornamental plaster moulding resembling a string of beads or having a semicircular cross section.

   verb

   • 1. decorate or cover with beads: "I beaded the jacket by hand"
   • ▪ string (beads) together: "seashells beaded into belts"
   • 2. cover (a surface) with drops of moisture: "his face was beaded with perspiration"

   Word Origin Old Englishgebed ‘prayer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bede and German Gebet, also to bid2. Current senses derive from the use of a rosary, each bead representing a prayer.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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