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Definitions: Beading |
BeadingNoun1. Ornamentation with beads. 2. A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beading" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemical Industry | A coating is said to bead when it shows heavy excessive flowing to the lower edge of a vertical surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | The production of an outward(beading)or inward(necking-in)channel in the wall of a hollow component by the operation of shaped matching rolls. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BeadingSynonyms: astragal (n), bead (n), beadwork (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; repousse (convexity); texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster; (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Beading |
| English words defined with "beading": bead and quirk, Bead tool, beading plane ♦ quirk, quirk bead ♦ reticule. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "beading": asbestos body ♦ BEADING SAWYER, BEAD-MACHINE OPERATOR, BEADWORKER, burring-machine operator ♦ extreme breadth ♦ maximum beam, MULTI-OPERATION-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR I ♦ overall breadth ♦ sweatband drummer ♦ WEATHERSTRIP-MACHINE OPERATOR, windlace-machine operator. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Fitting beading to upper of boot in bootmaking shop. Alpine, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Crimping beading by hand to fit uppers of boots in boot shop. Alpine, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Cementing beading to upper, cowboy boot shop. Alpine, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Beading" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.08% of the time. "Beading" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.08% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 26.92% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "beading": beading plane. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "beading": scatter-beading. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
beading | 715 |
beading supply | 376 |
beading pattern | 160 |
beading loom | 48 |
beading man | 33 |
beading project | 33 |
beading instructions | 30 |
beading craft | 28 |
beading instruction | 27 |
beading technique | 26 |
beading jewelry | 25 |
beading tool | 22 |
beading free project | 22 |
beading wire | 19 |
beading book | 18 |
beading kit | 17 |
beading on fabric | 15 |
glass beading | 15 |
native american beading | 15 |
beading tutorial | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "beading"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 成串 状. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | valsesikning (necking-in), svejsning af en streng, løbning (mating, running). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | traanvorming, rilrollen (necking-in), lasrups (bead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rullavaotus (necking-in), reunan taivutus (bending), palteitus (necking-in), käyryys (bend, bending, bow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sertissage (bending), roulage des bords (bending), rainurage, nervurage (belchering), dépôt d'un cordon de soudure. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bördeln (bead, bending), Wulsten, Walzsicken (necking-in), Sicken, Rollsicken (necking-in), perlstickerei, perlstab, perlschnur, Falzen (crimp sealing, crimping, fold, insetting, lock seaming, rabbet, seaming, shave), Ablaufkante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσκευή αναδίπλωσησ, συγκόλληση με παράλληλες λωρίδες, σταγόνιασμα, πλαισίωση (coaming, framing, jamb, surround), πτύχωση μέσω κυλινδρικών ελάστρων (necking-in), αναδίπλωση των άκρων (bending). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyöngydíszítés (bead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bordatura (banding, bending, coaming, edging, framing, jamb, lipping, railing, scallop, surround, trimming, trinning), piegatura (bend, bending, defect, fold, folding, kink, plication), cordonatura (crease, fasciation, grooving, raised band, score, scoring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 구슬로 장식. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | beedyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadingbay rebordos (bending), escorridos (curtaining, run, running, sag, sagging, slopping over). (various references) ornamentaţie din mãrgele, ciubuc (boodle, chibouk, gain, gravy, hookah, list, molding, moulding, ogee, racket, rake off, tip). (various references) nizanje perli. (various references) rebordeado (bending), reborde (bead, bulb, flange, ledge, shoulder, upstand, upturn), deposición sin oscilación del electrodo, deposición de un cordón de soldadura, cuentas (accounts), astrágalo (astragal, astragalus), apestañado (bending), acumulación de pintura por deslizamiento al borde inferior. (various references) bockning (bending, bow, camber, folding), rinning (run, running, sag), ensträngsvetsning. (various references) ขอบหรือริมของวัตถุที่ประ"ับ"้วยลูกทรงกลม. (various references) boncuklu kenar süsü, boncuklu kısım, ökçe lâstik kordonu. (various references) вишивання бісером, оздоблення з намиста. (various references) sự xâu th nh chuỗi sự đọng lại th nh giọt miếng gỗ d i trên có những hạt tròn, hoa văn hình hạt tròn, đường chạm nổi hình chuỗi hạt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beading": beadings. (additional references) | |
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"Beading" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babandiga, Baoding, beaden, beadling, beaking, Bealin, Bealing, beaning, beeding, Beedings, Beedini, beiden, Betadine, Beydun, Bidein, bioding, blading, boading, bradding, Meading. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-n" | |
-1 letter: banged, binged, gained. | |
-2 letters: abide, badge, baned, began, begin, being, binge, deign, dinge, gibed. | |
-3 letters: abed, aged, agin, aide, bade, band, bane, bang, bani, bead, bean, bend, bide, bind, bine, dang, dean, deni, dine, ding, egad, gadi, gaed, gaen, gain, gane, gibe, gied, gien, idea, nabe, nide. | |
-4 letters: age, aid, ain, and, ane, ani, bad, bag, ban, bed, beg, ben, bid, big, bin, dab, dag, deb, den, dib, die, dig, din, end, eng, gab, gad, gae, gan, ged, gen, gib, gid, gie, gin, nab, nae, nag, neb, nib. | |
-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, ag, ai, an, ba, be, bi, de, ed, en, id, in, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-n" | |
+1 letter: badinage, beadings, bearding, blindage, breading, debasing, debating. | |
+2 letters: badgering, badinaged, badinages, bargained, bedamning, bedaubing, bedraping, beheading, beladying, belauding, bendaying, blindages, debarking, debarring, debeaking, gabardine, gaberdine. | |
+3 letters: abridgment, bartending, bedabbling, bedazzling, bedwarfing, begladding, beheadings, bemadaming, besteading, brigandage, brigandine, broadening, debauching, gabardines, gaberdines, reboarding, redbaiting, ringbarked, subheading, unabridged. | |
+4 letters: abridgement, abridgments, becowarding, bedarkening, bedeafening, bediapering, bedraggling, bemaddening, beshadowing, bespreading, brigandages, brigandines, diagnosable, drumbeating, fingerboard, gingerbread, grandbabies, harbingered, keyboarding, outdebating, subheadings. | |
+5 letters: abridgements, backpedaling, biodegrading, breadwinning, childbearing, debilitating, deliberating, descrambling, diabetogenic, diagnoseable, disembarking, drumbeatings, fingerboards, gingerbreads, gingerbready, outbargained, speedballing, speedboating, unbridgeable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 61 64 69 6E 67 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .- -.. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e a d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0061 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36716770758073 |
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