beaded

Verb

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.
4. (transitive) To cause beads to form on (something).
   • Only the hum of the miserable creatures stirred the heavy murk that beaded our foreheads with sweat as we pushed our way through it.1941, Emily Carr, “Greenville”, in Klee Wyck

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