to bead
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4.5
- verb
- /biːd/
:
ensartar
- For the craft fair, they decided to bead a series of beautiful bracelets.
- a beaded necklace
- a beaded headdress
- beaded art
Examples
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The Field Museum has an extraordinary array of twenty-five beaded crowns in a great range of styles.
Academic text (1999) -
I discovered my mother beading a small amulet in the shape of a turtle.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her black hair was brushed away from her face and secured with a beaded black headband.
Fiction book (1997) -
And of course, the Oba wears the most elaborate beaded headgear, his crown.
Academic text (1993) -
Behind a multi-colored beaded curtain, a kitchen held a modern GE stove and refrigerator.
Fiction book (1995) -
Our attention is drawn to the textured forms of local beaded headdresses, elaborately plaited hairstyles, and finely detailed jewelry.
Academic text (2002) -
She loves to bead a necklace with colorful stones during her free time.
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He learned how to bead a beautiful design onto the fabric for the costume.
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A narrow rounded edge next to a small groove on wood or frames used as decoration
- Specialized
A spreading fern with fronds divided into small beadlike lobes and round spore clusters
- US
A shrub from Florida and the Caribbean with white or yellow flowers and shiny black seeds
- Specialized
A North American plant with white poisonous berries that look like small balls
How Decorated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bead as a verb comes from the noun bead and simply means to put or sew small beads on something or to string them together, so to bead is to add little round decorations.