bead

n. small object with a hole in the center (threaded on string to make necklaces, etc.); round drop, globular shape

v. adorn or cover with beads; form into beads, collect in droplets

A bead is a small, decorative object that is pierced for threading or stringing. As an alternative to piercing, plastic beads may be Moulded Onto a Thread during manufacturing; these MOT beads are often used for the throw necklaces worn at Mardi Gras. Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter or sometimes several centimeters in diameter. Glass, plastic, and stone are probably the most common materials, but beads are also made from bone, horn, ivory, metal, shell, pearl, coral, gemstones, polymer clay, metal clay, resin, synthetic minerals, wood, ceramic, fiber, paper, and seeds. A pair of beads made from Nassarius shells that are approximately 100,000 years old are thought to be the first known examples of jewelery.
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Noun
1. a small ball with a hole through the middle
(hypernym) jewelry, jewellery
(hyponym) bugle
2. a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
(synonym) drop, pearl
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) teardrop
3. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
(synonym) beading, beadwork, astragal
(hypernym) molding, moulding
(hyponym) quirk bead, bead and quirk
Verb
1. form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
(hypernym) form, take form, take shape, spring
(derivation) drop, pearl
2. decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
3. string together like beads
(hypernym) string, thread, draw

(v. t.)
To ornament with beads or beading.
  

(v. i.)
To form beadlike bubbles.
  

(n.)
Any small globular body
  

(n.)
A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
  

(n.)
A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
  

(n.)
A prayer.
  

(n.)
A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
  

(n.)
A 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; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
  

(n.)
A drop of sweat or other liquid.
  

(n.)
A bubble in spirits.
  

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