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The correct spelling is beads.
How to pronounce beads
noun
IPA: /biːdz/
Say it like: Bee-ds
The correct spelling is beads. Prayer, later especially with a rosary. For example: "We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project"
Usage Examples
“We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project”
“the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.”
“The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.”
Meanings
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.
- 4.(heading) A ridge, band, or molding.
- 5.Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
verb
- 1.To form into a bead.
- 2.To apply beads to.
- 3.To form into a bead.
- 4.To cause beads to form on (something).
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