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- [beed]
- /tɛl wʌnz biːd/
- /tel wʌnz biːd/
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- [beed]
- /tɛl wʌnz biːd/
Definitions of tell one's beads words
- noun tell one's beads 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 tell one's beads beads. a necklace of beads: You don't have your beads on this evening. a rosary. Obsolete. devotions; prayers. 1
- noun tell one's beads any small globular or cylindrical body. 1
- noun tell one's beads a drop of liquid: beads of moisture. 1
- noun tell one's beads a bubble rising through effervescent liquid. 1
- noun tell one's beads Usually, beads. a mass of such bubbles on the surface of a liquid. 1
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Origin of tell one's beads
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 Tell one's beads
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tell one's beads popularity
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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