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bead

noun

1 a long string of beads:

ball, pellet, pill, globule, spheroid, spherule, sphere, oval, ovoid, orb, round, pearl;

(beads) necklace, string of beads, chaplet;

in the Roman Catholic Church rosary.

2 beads of sweat:

droplet, drop, blob, bubble, dot, dewdrop, teardrop;

informal glob.

□ get a bead on (also draw a bead on)

they're in the right spot to get a bead on the bad guys |

I drew a bead on the nape of his neck:

aim at, fix on, focus on, zero in on, sight.

bead Oxford Dictionary of English