beads

Speech parts

1. beads - Noun

2. beads - Verb

Meaning

several beads threaded together on a string

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

string of beads pearl oval rood crown otter rosary stone veronica reliquary fob ball ring cross string

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Antonyms

black loss separate solution debris loser

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Hypernyms

string

Hyponyms

rosary prayer beads wampum peag wampumpeag

Phrases with the word

glass beads seed beads ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer beads silica beads wax beads bugle beads

Anagrams

based dBASE

Examples

The hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace. Terry Eagleton

Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart. Spanish Proverb

Nutcrackers crack cedar seeds, monks crack rosary beads. Tywa Proverb

Beads about the neck, and the devil in his heart. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

beadmaking beadman beadroll beads of the rosary beadsman beadsmen