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Bead is a small piece of plastic, glass or wood, often round in shape, with a hole in the center for threading, which is used for making objects such as jewelry. (noun)

An example of a bead is the colored round plastic ball used to make a necklace.

Bead is a drop or bubble of something. (noun)

An example of a bead is a small drop of sweat on a person’s forehead.

Bead is to put rounded objects with a hole in the center onto a string, or onto an object of some type. (verb)

  1. An example of bead is to thread various shaped pieces of rounded objects onto a string to make a bracelet.
  2. An example of bead is to glue rounded pieces of material onto a lampshade for the purpose of decoration.

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