Bead

Definition: Bead

Bead

Noun

1. A small ball with a hole through the middle.

2. A shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead".

3. A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.

Verb

1. Form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example.

2. Decorate by sewing beads onto.

3. String together like beads.

Date "bead" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	See lunar crater, note. (references)
Chemical Industry	A single run of welding. Source: European Union. (references)
Computing	A small program module written to perform a specific function. Beads written and tested individually can be strong together and tested in groups known as threads. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	An electrically short dielectric support for the inner conductor of a coaxial line. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	A compressed mass of moulding material of prescribed form and weight. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Bead (Anglo-Saxon, bed, a prayer). When little balls with a hole through them were used for keeping account of the number of prayers repeated, the term was applied to the prayers also. (See Beadsman. ) To count one's beads. To say one's prayers. In the Catholic Church beads are threaded on a string, some large and some small, to assist in keeping count how often a person repeats a certain form of words. To pray without one's beads. To be out of one's reckoning. (See above. Baily's Beads. When the disc of the moon has (in an eclipse) reduced that of the sun to a thin crescent, the crescent assumes the appearance of a string of beads. This was first observed by Francis Baily, whence the name of the phenomenon. St. Cuthbert's Beads. Single joints of the articulated stems of encrinites. They are perforated in the centre, and bear a fanciful resemblance to a cross; hence, they were once used for rosaries (beads). St. Cuthbert was a Scotch monk of the sixth century, and may be called the St. Patrick of the north of England and south of Scotland. St. Martin's beads. Flash jewellery. St. Martins-le-Grand was at one time a noted place for sham jewellery. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mechanical Engineering	Thickened portion of a pneumatic tyre, which engages the rim of the wheel. Source: European Union. (references)
Metallurgy	A ridge produced in a sheet metal component or a metal sheet by pressing or rolling, usually with a view to increasing stiffness. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The globule of precious metal obtained by the cupellation process in assaying b. In blowpipe analysis of minerals, a drop of a fused material, such as a "borax bead," used as a solvent in color testing for various metals. The addition of a metallic compound to the bead will cause the bead to assume the color that is characteristic of the metal. See also:blowpipi. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bead

Synonyms: astragal (n), beading (n), beadwork (n), drop (n), pearl (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attack	Aim at, draw a bead on.
Direction	Verb: direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, guide, steer, pilot; tackle
List	Roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.
Ornament	Verb: ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize.
	Pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; repousse (convexity); texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster; (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling.
Rashness	Donner tete baissee; knock, one's bead against a wall; (be unskillful); rush on destruction; kick against the pricks, tempt Providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a fool's errand.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You have a lot of nerve telling me to get a wax. If you were in Aruba the natives could bead your back (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)
Lyrics	Each woman I meet is like a bead (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)
Movie/TV Titles	The Bead Game (1977)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Bead Rings (reference) The Glass Bead Game (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Enamel Bead Making with Pam East (reference) The Bead Movement / Director's Cut (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Music for a Glass Bead Game (reference) The Glass Bead Game (reference) A Bum Note & A Bead of Sweat [LIVE] (reference) Bum Note & A Bead of Sweat (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Bead Flatware (38-piece) (reference) Fluid Forms 2003 Men's Patella Bead Kneepad with Protective Cap (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Bead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.18% of the time. "Bead" is used about 157 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.18%	151	25,596
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.91%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.27%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	0.64%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	157	N/A

Expressions using "bead": Angle bead ♦ Bead and butt ♦ bead and quirk ♦ bead edge ♦ bead fern ♦ Bead mold ♦ bead mould ♦ bead of perspiration ♦ Bead proof ♦ Bead tool ♦ Bead tree ♦ black bead ♦ Borax bead ♦ coral bead ♦ corner strip bead ♦ draw a bead on ♦ draw a bead on smb. ♦ glass bead ♦ jumbie bead ♦ jumble bead ♦ jumby bead ♦ poppit bead ♦ quirk bead ♦ stop bead ♦ wear a bead ♦ weld bead ♦ white bead. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "bead": bead-black, bead-decorated, bead-eating, bead-ed, bead-folk, bead-house, bead-ing, bead-like, bead-roll.
	Ending with "bead": blood-bead, four-bead, glass-bead, Mini-bead, spring-bead.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "bead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		kraal. (various references)

Albanian		zbukuroj me rruaza, thep (caustic, fidget, jag, sharp, viperous), rruazë (chaplet, spherule, vertebra), pikë (apoplexy, article, blob, clause, count, Dot, drop, full stop, globule, installation, leak, match point, period, pip, pitch, point, score, spot, touch), formoj rruaza. (various references)

Arabic		‏فقاعة في شراب, ‏كرية (pellet), ‏قافية (rhyme), ‏سبحة (chaplet), ‏علامة التسديد (sight), ‏عقد (act, agreement, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), ‏خرزة. (various references)

Blackfoot		ksiistsimaan. (various references)

Bulgarian		капка (dollop, dribble, dribblet, drip, drop, minim, modicum, shred, tear, tincture, vestige), мънисто, мушка (dispart, foresight, front sight, muzzle-sight), зърно от огърлица, архитектурен орнамент. (various references)

Chinese		珠子 , 珠 (pearl), 小珠 (beads). (various references)

Czech		muška (dry fly), kulièka (bulb, globule, marble), korálek, kapka (blob, dab, dash, dribblet, drip, drop). (various references)

Danish		bead, vulst (bead of tire, bead of tyre, boss, bulb), streng (billet, bridle, cast strand, chorda, cord, fillet, funiculus, hank, slip, strand, string, tendon, tined chain), programmodul, piller (node, nodule, pearl), perler (beads, node, nodule, pearl, pearls, purls), perle (pearl), paalagt streng, mellemskive, gryn (farina V.S., groats, lump, pellet, semolina), fortykkelse paa glaskanten (bulb edge), forstaerkerring (back ring, ball, ring collar), epitelperler (node, nodule, pearl), daekfod (tire vin). (various references)

Dutch		kraal (corral, enclosure). (various references)

Esperanto		bido. (various references)

Farsi		مهره ساختن , مهره (Die, Glaze, Nut, Vertebra, Vertebrate), منجوق زدن , خرمهره , دانه تسبیح , بریسمان کشیدن . (various references)

Finnish		vahvistusharjanne, vahvistettu reuna (beaded finish, reinforced rim), tabletti (tablet), tähtäimen jyvä, suuhelmi (beaded finish, reinforced rim), renkaan jalkaosa (tire vin), pisarareuna (beaded finish, reinforced rim), paatsa (bulb), päällehitsattu palko, lasireunan paksunnos (bulb edge), koaksiaalijohdon tukilevy, jyväsin (front sight), helmi (head, pearl). (various references)

French		perle (beads). (various references)

German		Wulst (bulb, bulge, lip, roll, torus, wreath), Perle (bubble, drop, droplet, gem, pearl). (various references)

Greek		χάντρα (glass bead). (various references)

Hebrew		אגל (drop, droplet). (various references)

Hungarian		célgömb (foresight), üveggyöngy (bugle). (various references)

Indonesian		butiran (a small object), berbintik-bintik, manik-manik, embun (dew). (various references)

Italian		perlina. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		玉の緒 (bead string, thread of life), 照星 (bead or front sight of a firearm). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たまのお (bead string, thread of life), しょうせい (a laugh, a minor success, bead or front sight of a firearm, calling together, commander, ego, firing, invitation, laughter, sound of a bell). (various references)

Korean		구슬 (beads). (various references)

Manx		grineen (granule, grit, pinch), cur beed er, cruinneen (blob, blob of liquid, globule), beed. (various references)

Norwegian		perle (pearl). (various references)

Pig Latin		eadbay.(various references)

Portuguese		pérola (pearl), conta (account, bill, calculation, check, cheque, invoice, reckoning, sum). (various references)

Romanian		broboanã, boabã (Berry, drop, trifle), strop (atom, bit, drop, grain, nip, ounce, Pearl, peg, spatter, speck, spot), pic (a wee bit, atom, bit, crumb, dash, drop, jot, pennyworth, pick, spark, spot, sprinkle, touch, whit), mãrgea, mãrgãritar (gem, gravel, Pearl), face un colier, şirag de mãtãnii, şirag de mãrgele, înşira (enumerate, retail, string, thread, utter). (various references)

Russian		цепочка (catena, chain, chainlet), кромка (edge, flange, list, salvage, selvage), капля пота (dew), валик (bolster, mould, platen, spindle, torus), бусинка, бусина, бус, борт (cushion, flange, gunnel, gunwale, ramp, shipboard). (various references)

Scottish		grìogag (pebble), cneap (a button, button, pebble). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zrnce, perla (pearl), nišan (backsight, gunpoint, hindsight, sight, target), kapljica (dribblet, droplet, minim). (various references)

Spanish		talón (acknowledgement, check, cheque, counterfoil, heel, receipt, stub, ticket), perla (Pearl), cuenta (account, an account, bill, calculation, check, count, estimate, invoice, reckoning, score, tab, tally). (various references)

Swedish		pärla (fizz, gem, jewel, Pearl, sparkle, treasure), kula (ball, bulb, bullet, cave, den, kennel, lair, paunch, pellet, pill, shot, weight), glaspärla. (various references)

Thai		ลูกปัด, หยดเหงื่อ. (various references)

Turkish		boncuk (glass bead). (various references)

Ukrainian		чотки (chaplet, rosary), кулька (bolus, bowl, globule, pellet), крапля (blob, dribble, drop, globule, gout, minim, smidgen, tear), вузлик (nodule, nub, tubercle), намистина, бісер, бусина, піна (cream, foam, froth, lather, offscum, ream, scum, skim, spume), приціл (backsight, hindsight, sight). (various references)

Welsh		glain (gem, jewel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old English	450-1100	gebed. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 8, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai epetimhsen autoiV ina mhdeni legwsin peri autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et comminatus est eis ne cui dicerent de illo
Old English	990	West Saxon	& þa bead he hym þt hyo nanen be himne saigden.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he chargide hem, that thei schulden not seie of hym to ony man.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he charged them that they shuld tell no man of it.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 8, Verse 30
Cebuano	Ug gitugon niya sila sa dili pagsugilon kang bisan kinsa mahitungod kaniya.
Chinese	耶穌就禁戒他們、不要告訴人。
Croatian	I zaprijeti im da nikomu ne kazuju o njemu.
Danish	Og han bød dem strengt,at de ikke måtte sige nogen dette om ham.
Dutch	En Hij gebood hun scherpelijk, dat zij het niemand zouden zeggen van Hem.
Finnish	Ja hän varoitti vakavasti heitä puhumasta kenellekään hänestä.
French	Jésus leur recommanda sévèrement de ne dire cela de lui à personne.
Gaelic	Agus mhaoidh e orra, gun iad a dh `innseadh so mu dheidhinn do neach sam bith.
German	Und er bedrohte sie, daß sie niemand von ihm sagen sollten.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu Yesus memperingatkan mereka, supaya tidak memberitahukan kepada siapa pun tentang diri-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dipesankan-Nya amat sangat kepada mereka itu, jangan mengatakan dari hal-Nya kepada seorang jua pun.
Italian	E impose loro severamente di non parlare di lui a nessuno.
Maori	Na ka whakatupato ia i a ratou, kia kaua ia e korerotia ki te tangata.
Norwegian	Og han bød dem strengt at de ikke skulde si dette om ham til nogen.
Portuguese	E ordenou-lhes Jesus que a ninguém dissessem aquilo a respeito dele.
Rumanian	Isus le -a poruncit cu tqrie sq nu spunq nimqnui lucrul acesta despre El.
Shuar	Tutai Jesus chichaak "Penké etserkairap" Tímiayi.
Swahili	Kisha Yesu akawaonya wasimwambie mtu yeyote habari zake.
Swedish	Då förbjöd han dem strängeligen att för någon säga detta om honom.
Uma	Ngkai ree, Yesus mpo'uli' -raka: "Neo' ulu ni'uli' hi hema-hema ka'Aku' -na Magau' Topetolo'."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bead": beaded, beadier, beadiest, beadily, beading, beadings, beadle, beadles, beadlike, beadman, beadmen, beadroll, beadrolls, beads, beadsman, beadsmen, beadwork, beadworks, beady. (additional references)
	Words ending with "bead": jetbead. (additional references)
	Words containing "bead": jetbeads. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bead" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abead, baaad, baad, badae, baec, Bcefaddb, bea, Beab, Beac, beade, beadgc, beaf, beald, beand, beap, Beaud, beaw, beaz, beca, beda, Bedad, bedae, bedai, bedam, Bedan, bedap, bedel, beed, befa, begad, beid, Belaid, beld, beod, Berd, beva, beza, Bhead, biade, Biado, Bida, bidae, blad, boad, Boada, Boadu, boayd, boda, Bwea, byad, ead, eba, ebac, ebadd, iead, Mbede, vead, zead. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bead" (pronounced bē"d)
2	-ē" d	accede, agreed, bleed, Brede, breed, cede, concede, creed, decreed, deed, degreed, disagreed, keyed, knead, kneed, lipide, exceed, feed, freed, greed, guaranteed, heed, impede, indeed, intercede, mead, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, overfeed, peed, plead, precede, proceed, recede, Reed, reread, reseed, screed, secede, seed, skied, speed, stampede, Steed, succeed, supersede, swede, teed, Tweed, weed.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: abed, bade.
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e"
	-1 letter: bad, bed, dab, deb.
	-2 letters: ab, ad, ae, ba, be, de, ed.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e"
	+1 letter: abide, abode, adobe, ardeb, baaed, badge, baked, baled, baned, barde, bared, based, bated, bayed, beads, beady, beard, blade, bread, daube, debar, sabed.
	+2 letters: abased, abated, abduce, abided, abider, abides, aboded, abodes, abrade, abused, adobes, adverb, albedo, ambled, ardebs, aubade, babied, bached, backed, badder, baddie, badged, badger, badges, badmen, baffed, bagged, bailed, baited, balded, balder, balked, balled, bammed, banded, bander, banged, banked, banned, barbed, barded, bardes, barfed, barged, barked, barred, bashed, basked, basted, bathed, batted, bawled, beaded, beadle, beaked, beamed, beaned, beards, bedamn, bedaub, bedlam, bedpan, beglad, behead, belady, belaud, beldam, benday, biased, bladed, blades, blamed, blared, blawed, blazed, boated, bodega, braced, braked, braved, brayed, brazed, breads, bready, cabbed, cabled, dabbed, dabber, dabble, daubed, dauber, daubes, daybed, debark, debars, debase, debate, debeak, doable, dyable, fabled, gabbed, gabled, garbed, jabbed, jambed, lambed, nabbed, redbay, sabbed, sabred, seabed, serdab, tabbed, tabled, tabued.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bead	6,085	sterling silver bead	187
mardi gras bead	1,679	bead supply	173
wholesale bead	1,019	swarovski bead	167
glass bead	750	bali bead	145
jewelry bead	494	bead board	135
bead craft	418	bead bracelet	132
anal bead	372	bead store	127
crystal bead	342	bead button	125
bead work	308	pony bead pattern	118
gem stone bead	303	shipwreck bead	114
lampwork bead	293	pony bead	113
seed bead	287	door bead	111
swarovski crystal bead	269	bead show	107
bead pattern	253	bead jewelry making	106
bead gem quality	229	aunties bead	102
bead necklace	206	alphabet bead	97
free bead pattern	205	power bead	96
silver bead	200	bead shop	91
bead curtain	197	native american bead work	90
rosary bead	195	bead catalog	89
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Water Bead" by Peter E. Leonard Commentary: "Water Bead on plant. <br> <br>Free to use, but I would appreciate credit for the image: <br> <br>©2002 Peter E. Leonard."	"Bead Necklace 1" by Paige Foster Commentary: "A silver and red beaded necklace."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Bead

Definition: Bead

Bead

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Specialty Definition: Bead

Synonyms: Bead

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Attack

Direction

List

Ornament

Rashness

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