Plural form of bead, A beaded necklaces, several beads threaded together on a string

Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious, A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether, Something round and clear, as a drop of water or dew; any small granule or globule resembling a pearl; specifically, in pharmacy, a small pill or pellet containing or consisting of some medicinal substance, intransitive verb_ To decorate or cover with pearls or beads resembling pearls, To dive or fish for pearls or pearl-bearing mollusks, To form beads resembling pearls, transitive verb_ To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively, To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains

in the fingering for stringed instruments, that the note over which it is placed is to be played on an open string, Something that has no force or meaning, One of the beads in nulled work, adjective_ Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless, (Computers) Unassigned or meaningless; -- a special value given to variables, especially pointers or logical variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be used in computation. The actual value that is stored in memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the computer language used, absent or non-existent, transitive verb_ To make null, to nullify

Something felt to resemble this neck ornament, as in shape, Any flexible ornament worn round the neck, us one of shells, coins, beads, or flowers, A band or tie for the neck, of lace, silk, or the like, worn by women, verb_ South Africa To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck