noun
Meaning 1
plural of bead
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beads
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/biːdz/
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noun
Meaning 2
A beaded necklace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of bead
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
several beads threaded together on a string
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: string of beads
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: string
Narrower terms: rosary, prayer beads, wampum, peag, wampumpeag
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ուլունք (ulunkʻ) — beaded necklace
- Chinese Mandarin: 念珠 (niànzhū) — beaded necklace
- Chinese Mandarin: 珠 (zhū) — beaded necklace
- Esperanto: perloj — beaded necklace
- Italian: collana di perline — beaded necklace
- Italian: conterie — beaded necklace
- Japanese: ビーズ (bīzu) — beaded necklace
- Korean: 목걸이 (mokgeori) — beaded necklace
- Korean: 염주 (yeomju) — beaded necklace
- Korean: 비즈 (bijeu) — beaded necklace
- Polish: korale — beaded necklace
- Russian: бу́сы (búsy) — beaded necklace
Real reading context