1. Ornamentation with beads
   "The dress was adorned with elaborate beading";
   - beadwork
    
2. A beaded moulding for edging or decorating furniture
   "The antique cabinet featured intricate beading along its edges";
   - bead, beadwork, astragal

1. Decorate by sewing beads onto
   "bead the wedding gown"
    
2. String together like beads
   "She beaded the colourful glass pieces to make a necklace"
    
3. Form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
   "Sweat beaded on his forehead as he worked in the hot sun"

Derived forms: beadings

Type of: adorn, beautify, decorate, decoration, draw, embellish, fancify, form, grace, molding [N. Amer], moulding [Brit, Cdn], ornament, ornamentation, string, thread

Encyclopedia: Beading