Bead in a sentence as a noun

If you're so sure you've got a good bead on the problem, why don't you go solve it for us then?

Anyone have a better bead on analysis than I do?

Those then would also mostly miss the other beads within the curtain, though some might strike and cause secondary effects.

I was flummoxed by its design, as it was made of smooth stones, uniform beads, colored sand, and wooden levers inlaid with gold.

Bead in a sentence as a verb

Prospective employers want your current salary so they can get a bead on what the negotiating floor is.

I stood up, and ceremoniously dropped the special IPL bead onto the machine, which then awoke from its 170-year slumber with a mighty roar.

It is both unable to draw a bead on where the market is going, or its competitor initiatives, and is increasingly made irrelevant in the smartphone market.

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Bead definitions

noun

a small ball with a hole through the middle

noun

a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

See also: drop pearl

noun

a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

See also: beading beadwork astragal

verb

form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

verb

decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"

verb

string together like beads