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beading

[ bee-ding ]

noun

  1. material composed of or adorned with beads.
  2. narrow, lacelike trimming or edging.
  3. narrow openwork trimming through which ribbon may be run.
  4. Architecture, Furniture.
    1. all of the bead moldings in a single design.


beading

/ ˈːɪŋ /

noun

  1. another name for bead
  2. Also calledbeadworkˈbiːdˌwɜːk a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of beading1

First recorded in 1855–60; bead + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face.

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Cell biologist John Heuser from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis also thinks beading is an artifact of the preparation process.

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So it was only a matter of time before she started beading herself.

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Entering the pavilion, the beaded bodices of sculptures in human form are emblazoned with dates of U.S. legislation that promised equity, the beading cascading into colorful fringe.

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An exhibition, “Like a Memory of Night,” showed work by Sika Amakye, a young Ghanaian artist who employs traditional beading traditions passed down matrilineally.

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