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- [bee-ding]
- /ˈbi dɪŋ/
- /ˈbiː.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bee-ding]
- /ˈbi dɪŋ/
Definitions of beading word
- uncountable noun beading Beading is a narrow strip of wood that is used for decorating or edging furniture and doors. 3
- uncountable noun beading Beading is an arrangement of beads used for decorating clothes. 3
- noun beading a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation 3
- noun beading decorative work in beads on dresses, purses, etc. 3
- noun beading a molding, edge, or pattern resembling a row of beads 3
- noun beading a narrow, half-round molding 3
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Origin of beading
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; bead + -ing1
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Parts of speech for Beading
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
beading popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
beading usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beading
verb beading
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- distill — to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
- seep — to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
- leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
noun beading
- edging — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- detail — The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- molding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
Antonyms for beading
verb beading
- pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- take up — the act of taking.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
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