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bead

[beed] / bid /


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The dress was royal blue, covered in sparkling beads.

From Literature

To measure this, they placed magnetic beads inside cells and tracked how the beads moved under magnetic force.

From Science Daily

I put the stock to my shoulder and drew a bead on a fence post.

From Literature

One visitor touched her rosary beads on the case.

From Barron's

KSENIASCHNAIDER's show was in complete contrast to Annie's highly crafted runway looks, which were a flurry of beading, embellishment and feathers.

From BBC