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bead

/biːd/
noun
  1. Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

  2. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

  3. A small, round object.

verb
  1. To form into a bead.

    "The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish."

  2. To apply beads to.

    "She spent the morning beading the gown."

  3. To form into a bead.

    "He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire."

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