beaded

bead

 (bēd)

n.

1.

a. A small, often round piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood, that is pierced for stringing or threading.

b. beads A necklace made of such pieces.

c. beads Roman Catholic Church A rosary.

d. often beads Obsolete A prayer.

2. A small, round object, especially:

a. A drop of moisture: beads of sweat.

b. A bubble of gas in a liquid.

c. A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.

3. A strip of material, usually wood, with one molded edge placed flush against the inner part of a door or window frame.

4. Architecture

a. A decoration consisting of a usually continuous series of small spherical shapes, as on a convex molding.

b. Beading.

5. A projecting rim or lip, as on a pneumatic tire.

6. A line of continuously applied ductile material, such as solder or caulking compound.

7. Chemistry A globule of fused borax or other flux used in a bead test.

tr. & intr.v. bead·ed, bead·ing, beads

To furnish with or collect into beads.

Idiom:

draw/get a bead on

To take careful aim at.

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[Middle English bede, rosary bead, prayer, from Old English bed, bedu, gebed, prayer; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

beaded - covered with beads of liquid; "a face beaded with sweat" covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

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Translations

beaded

[ˈbiːdɪd] ADJ [dress, cushion] → bordado con cuentas
his forehead was beaded with sweat → su frente estaba salpicada con gotas de sudor

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beaded

[ˈbiːdɪd] adj

[dress, cushion] → orné(e) de perles

to be beaded with sth
His forehead was beaded with sweat → La sueur perlait sur son front.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beaded

adj (= decorated with pearls) → perlenverziert; to be beaded with sweat (face, forehead) → schweißüberströmt sein

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