draw a bead on

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [draw ey beed on, awn]
- /drɔ eɪ bid ɒn, ɔn/
- /drɔː ə biːd ɒn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [draw ey beed on, awn]
- /drɔ eɪ bid ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of draw a bead on words

noun draw a bead on a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 1
noun draw a bead on beads. a necklace of beads: You don't have your beads on this evening. a rosary. Obsolete. devotions; prayers. 1
noun draw a bead on any small globular or cylindrical body. 1
noun draw a bead on a drop of liquid: beads of moisture. 1
noun draw a bead on a bubble rising through effervescent liquid. 1
noun draw a bead on Usually, beads. a mass of such bubbles on the surface of a liquid. 1

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Origin of draw a bead on

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English bede prayer, prayer bead (where, on a rosary each bead symbolizes a prayer, the word for the notion symbolized was transferred to the designating object), Old English gebed prayer; akin to bid1, German Gebet

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Parts of speech for Draw a bead on

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".

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