Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

A small, round object with a hole for threading, used for decorative purposes, as well as various other small, round solid objects, small drops of liquid, bubbles in spirits, and a small, round ball at the end of a gun barrel used for aiming or knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.

A ridge, band, or molding, specifically referring to the rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel or a narrow molding with a semicircular section in architecture.

(intransitive) To form into a bead.

(transitive) To apply beads to.

(transitive) To form into a bead.

(transitive) To cause beads to form on (something).