a string of beads
1string of beads — noun several beads threaded together on a string • Syn: ↑beads • Hypernyms: ↑string • Hyponyms: ↑rosary, ↑prayer beads, ↑wampum, ↑peag, ↑wam …
2string of beads sign — 1. a series of round shadows resembling a string of beads or pearls, seen on a radiograph of the small intestine, indicating bubbles of trapped gas surrounded by the fluid of an obstructed and distended bowel. 2. the appearance on an angiogram of …
3string of beads — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chain, beads, neckband, rosary; see necklace …
4String of pearls — may refer to:* Senecio rowleyanus, plant known as String of pearls or String of beads * A String of Pearls or The String of Pearls: a romance , titles under which Sweeney Todd was first published * A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers,… …
5beads — n. 1) (rel.) to say, count one s beads 2) to string beads 3) (rel.) prayer beads 4) a string of beads * * * count one s beads (rel.) prayer beads (rel.) to say a string of beads to string beads …
6string — n. & v. n. 1 twine or narrow cord. 2 a piece of this or of similar material used for tying or holding together, pulling, etc. 3 a length of catgut or wire etc. on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration. 4 a (in pl.) the stringed… …
7beads — noun several beads threaded together on a string • Syn: ↑string of beads • Hypernyms: ↑string • Hyponyms: ↑rosary, ↑prayer beads, ↑wampum, ↑peag, ↑ …
8beads — n. necklace of beads; string of beads used in prayer (esp. by Roman Catholics) biËd n. small object with a hole in the center (threaded on string to make necklaces, etc.); round drop, globular shape v. adorn or cover with beads; form into beads …
9beads — (Roget s IV) pl.n. Syn. necklace, pendant, pearls, string of beads, string of Jewels, choker, necklet, rosary, chaplet, wampum, peag; see also necklace …
10string — Kaula, aho (cord); aha (as for musical instruments); kuaina (twine). Also: hili; kālī, kāili (as for threading things); ma a. See string figure. To string, kui, kōī, mānai, mākila, mōkila (as leis); hili, uo. String of fish, kālī i… …