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Beads

/biːdz/

Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

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📖 Definitions of "Beads"

noun

1
Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
2
Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
3
A small, round object.
4
(heading) A ridge, band, or molding.

verb

1
To form into a bead.
"The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish."
2
To apply beads to.
"She spent the morning beading the gown."
3
To form into a bead.
"He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire."
4
To cause beads to form on (something).

noun

1
A beaded necklace.

🔄 Synonyms of "Beads"

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Word	Definition
string of beadsnoun	The succulent vine Senecio rowleyanus, which has spherical, fleshy leaves spaced along its stems like beads.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Beads"

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Word	Definition
string of beadsnoun	The succulent vine Senecio rowleyanus, which has spherical, fleshy leaves spaced along its stems like beads.
wampumnoun	(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.
grainsnoun	Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
heelsnoun	High-heeled shoes.
ballsnoun	(vulgar, colloquial) The testicles.
jewelsnoun	(slang) Family jewels; testicles.
naturalnoun	(music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
wordsnoun	Lyrics.
pearlnoun	(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
rosarynoun	Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
marblesnoun	Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
shellsnoun	A surname.
bearingsnoun	(in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
clamsnoun	informal terms for money
collarsnoun	Clothes that encircle the neck.
dripsnoun	A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
dropletsnoun	A very small drop.
dropsnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
logsnoun	The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
necklacesnoun	(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.