bead
To form into a beadTo form into a bead.
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3 senses(intransitive)To form into a bead.
The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
(transitive)To apply beads to.
She spent the morning beading the gown.
string together like beads
(transitive)To cause beads to form on (something).
decorate by sewing beads onto
Examples
42 sentencesAchieving a nice weld bead is not within everyone's reach!
Beads of sweat stood on his forehead.
Краплини поту виступили на його чолі. — ChickenKiev
ruУ него на лбу выступили капли пота. — marafon
Sweat beaded on Tom's forehead.
Her brow was beaded with perspiration.
Sami was fingering his prayer beads.
Origin
From Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of beFrom Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of bedes (literally “a pair of beads”), from Old English bedu, bed, ġebed (“a request, entreaty, prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bedu, *bed, *gabed, from Proto-Germanic *bedō, *bedą.
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Forms
beads, beading, beaded, beadedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle