[ US /ˈbid/ ]
[ UK /bˈiːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
  2. a small ball with a hole through the middle
  3. a shape that is spherical and small
    beads of sweat on his forehead
    he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
VERB
  1. form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
  2. decorate by sewing beads onto
    bead the wedding gown
  3. string together like beads
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How To Use bead In A Sentence

  • Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
  • From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
  • Authentic Chinese patterns come to life in silk jacquards, prints and exquisite beaded pieces.
  • Embellished with cascades of semi-precious stones, crystal beads, dabka, and vivid skeins of fine silk thread, the focus here is on detailing and embroidery.
  • Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70. Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts
  • Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
  • Sights are a bead front and a buckhorn rear, which I quickly replaced with a Williams receiver peep sight.
  • They did not have a written language; instead they used a cord with beads on it, called "quipu", used to record government business. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • In tests, they found that neatly ordered arrays of beads caught more mist than random, disordered ones did.
  • Irgm1 accumulated around the latex beads phagosomes (seen as refringent spheres) while the loss of the nucleotide-binding site completely abolished the phagosomal accumulation. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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