bead
/biːd/noun
उच्चारण बीड
मनका; बूँद
Core word
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[C]
a small piece of glass, wood with a hole through it, that can be put on a string; a small drop of liquid
मनका; बूँद
- beads of sweat
- She strung red beads on a thread to make a necklace.
- She sewed tiny glass beads onto the cloth.
+ 2 more examples
- The child threaded beads on a string to make a bracelet.
- A bead of water slid down the window pane.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
bead (countable noun) / beads (plural)
A bead is a small round piece with a hole for a thread; beads in the plural can mean a necklace or a rosary.
'Bead' धागा पिरोने के लिए छेद वाला छोटा गोल टुकड़ा है; plural 'beads' का अर्थ माला भी हो सकता है।
- She threaded blue beads on a string.
- He prayed with a string of beads.
a bead of + liquid
Use a bead of before sweat, water, blood or dew to speak of one small round drop.
Sweat, water, blood या dew से पहले 'a bead of' एक छोटी गोल बूँद के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- A bead of sweat ran down his face.
- Beads of dew shone on the grass.
bead (verb)
As a verb, bead means to form into small drops or to decorate with beads; the usual forms are beaded and beading.
Verb के रूप में 'bead' का अर्थ छोटी बूँदों में बन जाना या मनकों से सजाना है; सामान्य रूप 'beaded' और 'beading' हैं।
- Sweat beaded on his forehead.
- She wore a beaded purse.
bead + noun
It forms compounds such as bead curtain, bead necklace, bead work and bead bag.
इससे bead curtain, bead necklace, bead work और bead bag जैसे compounds बनते हैं।
- A bead curtain hung in the doorway.
draw a bead on sb / sth (idiom)
The idiom draw a bead on means to aim a gun carefully at something; it is informal and mostly American.
मुहावरा 'draw a bead on' का अर्थ किसी वस्तु पर बंदूक का सावधानी से निशाना लगाना है; यह अनौपचारिक है और मुख्यतः अमेरिकी है।
- The hunter drew a bead on the deer.
+Collocations 6
adjective + bead
glasswoodenplastictinycolourful
- She made a bracelet from colourful glass beads.
verb + bead
stringthreadsew oncountdrop
- The girl strung beads while her mother sewed.
bead of + noun
of sweatof waterof dewof bloodof oil
- A bead of water slid down the leaf.
bead + noun
necklacecurtainbraceletworkbag
- A bead necklace hung round the doll's neck.
bead + colour / craft
redcoralturquoisehand-paintedseed
- Seed beads are used for fine embroidery.
bead + comparison
like a beadbead-likeas small as a bead
- Raindrops sparkled like beads on the spider's web.
“More examples 6
- Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead before the interview.
साक्षात्कार से पहले उसके माथे पर पसीने की बूँदें उभर आईं।
- Radhika made a necklace from red and white beads.
राधिका ने लाल और सफ़ेद मनकों से एक हार बनाया।
- Grandmother counted her prayer beads every morning.
दादी हर सुबह अपनी जपमाला के मनके गिनती थीं।
- Water beaded on the freshly polished car.
ताज़ा पॉलिश की गई कार पर पानी की बूँदें जम गईं।
- The shopkeeper sold wooden beads by weight.
दुकानदार लकड़ी के मनके तौलकर बेचता था।
- A bead of oil trickled down the side of the bottle.
तेल की एक बूँद बोतल की बगल से सरक आई।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Beads of sweat (drops of sweat).
Collocation 'beads of sweat' (पसीने की बूँदें)।