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1.nounPrayer, later especially with a rosary.
2.nounEach in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
3.nounA small, round object.
4.noun(heading) A ridge, band, or molding.
5.nounKnowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose."We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project"
6.nounA glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe."the borax bead; the iron bead, etc."
7.nounFront sight of a gun.
8.verbTo form into a bead."The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish."
9.verbTo apply beads to."She spent the morning beading the gown."
10.verbTo form into a bead."He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire."
11.verbTo cause beads to form on (something).