bead
noun
[ biːd ]
• a small piece of glass, stone, or similar material that is threaded with others to make a necklace or rosary or sewn on to fabric.
• "long strings of beads"
Similar:
ball,
pellet,
pill,
globule,
spheroid,
spherule,
sphere,
oval,
ovoid,
orb,
round,
pearl,
necklace,
string of beads,
chaplet,
rosary,
• a drop of a liquid on a surface.
• "beads of sweat"
• a small knob forming the foresight of a gun.
• the reinforced inner edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips the rim of the wheel.
• an ornamental plaster moulding resembling a string of beads or having a semicircular cross section.
bead
verb
• decorate or cover with beads.
• "I beaded the jacket by hand"
• cover (a surface) with drops of moisture.
• "his face was beaded with perspiration"
Origin:
Old English gebed ‘prayer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bede and German Gebet, also to bid2. Current senses derive from the use of a rosary, each bead representing a prayer.
