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What (who) is Bead - definition

SMALL DECORATIVE OBJECT WITH DRILLED HOLE

Beads; Decorative Bead; Decorative bead; Big hole bead; Draft:Iron-on beads

bead

(beads)

1.

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 string of beads.

N-COUNT: usu pl

2.

A bead of liquid or moisture is a small drop of it.

...beads of blood...

He wiped away the beads of sweat on his forehead.

N-COUNT: usu N of n

bead

¦ noun

1. a small, rounded piece of glass, stone, plastic, etc., perforated and typically threaded in a string with others to make a necklace or rosary.

2. a drop of a liquid on a surface.

3. a small knob forming the foresight of a gun.

4. the reinforced inner edge of a tyre.

5. an ornamental plaster moulding resembling a string of beads or having a semicircular cross section.

¦ verb

1. decorate or cover with beads.

2. form into a string like beads.

Phrases

draw (or get) a bead on informal, chiefly N. Amer. take aim at with a gun.

Derivatives

beaded adjective

beading noun

Origin

OE gebed 'prayer', of Gmc origin; current senses derive from the use of a rosary (each bead representing a prayer).

bead

n.

front sight

to draw a bead on

Wikipedia

Bead

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 millimetre (0.039 in) to over 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

Beads represent some of the earliest forms of jewellery, with a pair of beads made from Nassarius sea snail shells dating to approximately 100,000 years ago thought to be the earliest known example. Beadwork is the art or craft of making things with beads. Beads can be woven together with specialized thread, strung onto thread or soft, flexible wire, or adhered to a surface (e.g. fabric, clay).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead

Examples of use of Bead

1. She further accessorized with colorful bead necklaces.

2. Flatten, or "crimp," the crimp bead with crimping pliers. 3.

3. "Anything you can put a hole in can be a bead," says Christy Puetz of The Bead Museum in Glendale, Ariz.

4. String a crimp bead on the wire, then go through the split ring.

5. String a crimp bead and the clasp on one end of the wire.