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Word: bead (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Prayer]], later especially with a rosary. {{defdate|from 9th c.
  • A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead. from 20th c.
  • A small drop of water or other liquid. from 16th c.
  • A small round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire. from 15th c.
  • Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. from 14th c.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To form into a bead.
  • transitive To apply beads to.
  • transitive To form into a bead.

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