Synonyms of the word

bead

• n. (archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
• n. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
• n. A small round object.
• n. (heading) A ridge, band, or molding.
• n. A knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
• n. (chemistry, dated) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color…
• n. Front sight of a gun.
• v. (intransitive) To form into a bead.
• v. (transitive) To apply beads to.
• v. (transitive) To form into a bead.
• v. (transitive) To cause beads to form on (something).

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

astragal

• n. (anatomy) Synonym of astragalus: the bone forming the ball of the ankle joint.
• n. (plural only) Synonym of dice.
• n. (architecture) A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column.
• n. A tool used to mold such features; similar tools used for connecting panes of glass in a window…
• n. (weaponry) A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon.
• n. (botany) Synonym of locoweed of the genus Astragalus.
• n. (architecture) A molding attached to double doors to prevent drafts.

beading

• v. present participle of bead.
• n. (architecture) Decoration or ornamental molding resembling a string of beads or of a semicircular cross…
• n. The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors.

beadwork

• n. Decorative work involving beads.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

drop

• n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
• n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
• n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
• n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
• n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
• n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
• n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
• n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
• n. (American football) A dropped pass.
• n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
• n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
• n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
• n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
• n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
• n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
• n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
• n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
• n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
• n. (architecture) A gutta.
• n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
• n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
• n. A drop press or drop hammer.
• n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
• n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
• v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
• v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
• v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
• v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
• v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
• v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
• v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
• v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
• v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
• v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
• v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
• v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
• v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
• v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
• v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
• v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
• v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
• v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
• v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
• v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
• v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
• v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
• v. To give birth to.
• v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
• v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

form

• n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
• n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
• n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
• n. Level of performance.
• n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
• n. The den or home of a hare.
• n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
• n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
• n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
• n. (geometry) A quantic.
• n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
• v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
• v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
• v. (intransitive) To take shape.
• v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
• v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
• v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
• v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
• v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

jewellery

• n. (British spelling, Canadian) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and…

jewelry

• n. US standard spelling of jewellery.

molding

• n. The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
• n. Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
• n. (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means…
• n. (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
• n. (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
• n. (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
• n. (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

moulding

• n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of molding.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

pearl

• n. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the…
• n. (figuratively) Something precious.
• n. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
• n. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
• n. A whitish speck or film on the eye.
• n. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
• n. A light-colored tern.
• n. One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
• n. (uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as…
• n. A fringe or border.
• n. (obsolete) A jewel or gem.
• v. (also figuratively) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
• v. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains.
• v. To resemble pearl or pearls.
• v. To give or hunt for pearls.
• v. (surfing) to dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.

sphere

• n. (mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure…
• n. A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
• n. (astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow…
• n. (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to…
• n. (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
• n. (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
• n. (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology)…
• n. (logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which…
• v. (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
• v. (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.

string

• n. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
• n. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
• n. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
• n. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession;…
• n. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
• n. (countable) A series of items or events.
• n. (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
• n. (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable…
• n. (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
• n. (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those…
• n. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively.
• n. (countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
• n. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
• n. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball…
• n. The points made in a game of billiards.
• n. (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play,…
• n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
• n. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
• n. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
• n. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and…
• n. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
• n. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
• n. (architecture) A stringcourse.
• n. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
• v. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
• v. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
• v. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are…

thread

• n. A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving…
• n. A theme or idea.
• n. (engineering) A screw thread.
• n. A sequence of connections.
• n. The line midway between the banks of a stream.
• n. (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources…
• n. (Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first…
• n. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
• n. (figuratively) Composition; quality; fineness.
• v. (transitive) To put thread through.
• v. (transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
• v. To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt.