beaded

[ bee-did ]

/ ˈbi dɪd /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR beaded ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

ornamented with or largely composed of beads: a beaded handbag.

Origin of beaded

First recorded in 1570–80; bead + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM beaded

un·bead·ed, adjective

Words nearby beaded

bead plant, bead test, bead tree, bead-ruby, beadblast, beaded, beaded hair, beaded lizard, beader, beadeye, beadflush

Definition for beaded (2 of 2)

bead

[ beed ]

/ bid /

noun

a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.

beads,

a necklace of beads: You don't have your beads on this evening.
a rosary.
Obsolete. devotions; prayers.

any small globular or cylindrical body.

a drop of liquid: beads of moisture.

a bubble rising through effervescent liquid.

Usually beads. a mass of such bubbles on the surface of a liquid.

the front sight of a rifle or gun.

a reinforced area of a rubber tire terminating the sidewall and fitting within the rim of a wheel.

Electricity. a glass, ceramic, or plastic insulator that contains and supports the inner conductor in a coaxial cable.

Chemistry. a globule of borax or some other flux, supported on a platinum wire, in which a small amount of some substance is heated in a flame as a test for its constituents.

Metallurgy. the rounded mass of refined metal obtained by cupellation.

Architecture, Furniture. a small molding having a convex circular section and, usually, a continuous cylindrical surface; astragal.

Welding. a continuous deposit of fused metal, either straight (stringer bead) or zigzag (weave bead).

verb (used with object)

to form or cause to form beads or a bead on.

to ornament with beads.

Carpentry. to form a bead on (a piece).

verb (used without object)

to form beads; form in beads or drops: perspiration beading on his forehead.

Origin of bead

before 900; Middle English bede prayer, prayer bead (where, on a rosary each bead symbolizes a prayer, the word for the notion symbolized was transferred to the designating object), Old English gebed prayer; akin to bid¹, German Gebet

SYNONYMS FOR bead

4 droplet, globule, blob, dot.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR bead ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM bead

bead·like, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for beaded

The crown jewel of the collection is a ballgown of tulle with a beaded bodice.

New York Fashion Week: Backstage at Marchesa |Isabel Wilkinson, Kevin Tachman |February 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Some featured products, like beaded bracelets and pillow shams, evoke the Italy-India-Bali theme of the story.

Inside the Eat Pray Love Merchandising Machine |Lauren Streib |August 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Keeko, in her mannish clothes of buckskin, her beaded, fur-trimmed tunic which revealed the shapeliness of her youthful body.

The Heart of Unaga |Ridgwell Cullum
He bent his beaded eyes close over the sweet thing and read its first page again and again.

John March, Southerner |George W. Cable

The granules of the cells corresponding to the polymorphonuclear leucocytes are rod-shaped, often beaded or with clubbed ends.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique |John William Henry Eyre
And keeping firm hold of her, I took off her close-fitting fur coat, removed her beaded hat and drew her to the fire.

The Confession of a Fool |August Strindberg
Della lowered her beaded lashes over eyes that smarted, and raised her arms like Niobe entreating fate.

Just Around the Corner |Fannie Hurst

British Dictionary definitions for beaded

bead

/ (biːd) /

noun

a small usually spherical piece of glass, wood, plastic, etc, with a hole through it by means of which it may be strung with others to form a necklace, etc

a small drop of moisture a bead of sweat

a small bubble in or on a liquid

a small metallic knob acting as the sight of a firearm

draw a bead on to aim a rifle or pistol at

Also called: astragal architect carpentry a small convex moulding having a semicircular cross section

chem a small solid globule made by fusing a powdered sample with borax or a similar flux on a platinum wire. The colour of the globule serves as a test for the presence of certain metals (bead test)

metallurgy a deposit of welding metal on the surface of a metal workpiece, often used to examine the structure of the weld zone

RC Church one of the beads of a rosary

count one's beads, say one's beads or tell one's beads to pray with a rosary

verb

(tr) to decorate with beads

to form into beads or drops

Derived forms of bead

beaded, adjective

Word Origin for bead

Old English bed prayer; related to Old High German gibet prayer

Medical definitions for beaded

beaded

[ bē′dĭd ]

adj.

Having numerous small rounded projections often in a row.

Relating to, or being a series of noncontinuous bacterial colonies along the line of inoculation in a stab culture.

Of, relating to, or being stained bacteria that have more deeply stained granules occurring at regular intervals.

Idioms and Phrases with beaded

bead

see draw a bead on.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

beaded

adjective

Origin of beaded

OTHER WORDS FROM beaded

Words nearby beaded

Definition for beaded (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of bead

SYNONYMS FOR bead

OTHER WORDS FROM bead

Example sentences from the Web for beaded

British Dictionary definitions for beaded

noun

verb

Derived forms of bead

Word Origin for bead

Medical definitions for beaded

adj.

Idioms and Phrases with beaded

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

beaded

adjective

Origin of beaded

OTHER WORDS FROM beaded

Words nearby beaded

Definition for beaded (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of bead

SYNONYMS FOR bead

OTHER WORDS FROM bead

Words related to beaded

Example sentences from the Web for beaded

British Dictionary definitions for beaded

noun

verb

Derived forms of bead

Word Origin for bead

Medical definitions for beaded

adj.

Idioms and Phrases with beaded