bead.

Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

A small, round object. A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.

A small, round object. Various small, round solid objects.

A small, round object. A small drop of water or other liquid.

beads of sweat

A small, round object. A bubble, in spirits.

A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.

She drew a bead on the target and fired.

A small, round object. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming. Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.

We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project

A ridge, band, or molding. A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.

A ridge, band, or molding. A narrow molding with semicircular section.

A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.

the borax bead;  the iron bead, etc.

A decorative, convex, rounded profile (often a half-circle) cut into an edge or surface of wood, typically defined by a narrow, deep channel called a quirk.

To form into a bead.

The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.

To apply beads to.

She spent the morning beading the gown.

To form into a bead.

He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.

To cause beads to form on (something).