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# bead

«bead» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small ball or shape with a hole through it, put on a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bead, beads); verb (bead — to put beads on, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bead is a small ball or shape with a hole through it, put on a string to make a necklace or bracelet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#m1)

2) A bead of water or sweat is a small round drop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: small things counted, often per necklace or bracelet, or by colour; repeating bead patterns; beads on an abacus or bead string for counting. In everyday life and crafts: making friendship bracelets. Phrases: «a string of beads», «beads of sweat», «bead pattern».

### examples

- A necklace has 30 beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x1)
- She uses 8 red beads and 12 blue beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x2)
- Each bracelet needs 15 beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x3)
- How many bracelets can she make with 90 beads? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x4)
- The pattern goes red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x5)
- We count to 100 on a bead string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x6)
- Beads of rain ran down the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x7)
- She made a friendship bracelet with glass beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x8)
- She wore a silk dress, golden bracelets, and large amber beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a bead», «beads». Maths: beads per necklace is a rate; total beads ÷ beads per necklace gives how many necklaces. In a repeating pattern use the remainder to find a later bead. Trap: leftover beads are a remainder. Safety: small beads are dangerous for babies.

### In the corpora

- [With 10 red beads there are 10 / 2 = 5 groups, so there are 5 × 3 = 15 blue beads.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/115-ratio/2/)
- [If you know all the beads instead, one group has 2 + 3 = 5 beads, and 15 beads make 3 groups.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/123-counting-in-patterns/3/)
- [Road lines are painted with special paint that has tiny glass beads in it, so the lines reflect headlights at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/31-roads-and-road-signs/9/)
- [Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.