bead

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English [edit]

Beads

Etymology [edit]

From Old English ġebed, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Dutch bede, German Gebet.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

bead (plural beads)

  1. (archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary. [from 9th c.]
    • 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p. 115:
      That he must believe in the Pope;—go to Mass;—cross himself;—tell his beads;—be a good Catholick, and that this, in all conscience, was enough to carry him to heaven.
  2. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14th c.]
  3. A small round object
    1. A small round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire. [from 15th c.]
    2. A small round solid object.
    3. A small drop of water or other liquid. [from 16th c.]
      beads of sweat
    4. A small round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
      She drew a bead on the target and fired.
  4. A ridge, band, or molding.
    1. A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead. [from 20th c.]
  5. A knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
    We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project.

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from bead (noun)

Translations [edit]

rosary ball
pierced small round object
small drop of liquid

Verb [edit]

bead (third-person singular simple present beads, present participle beading, simple past and past participle beaded)

  1. (intransitive) To form into a bead.
    The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
  2. (transitive) To apply beads to.
    She spent the morning beading the gown.
  3. (transitive) To form into a bead.
    He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.

Anagrams [edit]

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

be- + ad

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbɛɒd/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ad

Verb [edit]

bead

  1. to hand in
    beadja a felmondását - to hand in one's notice
  2. to give medicine to someone
  3. to submit/present a request
  4. to file a petition

Conjugation [edit]

conjugation of bead
Infinitive beadni
Past participle beadott
Present participle beadó
Future participle beadandó
Adverbial participle beadva
Potential beadhat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood Present Indefinite beadok beadsz bead beadunk beadtok beadnak
Definite beadom
én téged/titeket
beadlak		 beadod beadja beadjuk beadjátok beadják
Past Indefinite beadtam beadtál beadott beadtunk beadtatok beadtak
Definite beadtam
én téged/titeket
beadtalak		 beadtad beadta beadtuk beadtátok beadták
Conditional Mood Present Indefinite beadnék beadnál beadna beadnánk beadnátok beadnának
Definite beadnám
én téged/titeket
beadnálak		 beadnád beadná beadnánk beadnátok beadnák
Subjunctive Mood Present Indefinite beadjak beadj
or
beadjál		 beadjon beadjunk beadjatok beadjanak
Definite beadjam
én téged/titeket
beadjalak		 beadd
or
beadjad		 beadja beadjuk beadjátok beadják
Conjugated Infinitive beadnom beadnod beadnia beadnunk beadnotok beadniuk

Derived terms [edit]

Irish [edit]

Verb [edit]

bead

  1. (Munster) 1st person sing. future of bí
    I will be

Related terms [edit]

  • beidh (synthetic)
  • beir (2d person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
  • beimid (1st person pl. synthetic)
  • beid (3d person pl. synthetc, nonstandard)
  • beifear (autonomous)

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bead bhead mbead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bæːad/

Verb [edit]

bēad

  1. third-person singular preterite of bēodan
  2. third-person singular preterite of bēodan
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