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Bead (Verb)

Decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown".

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

The seamstress spent hours beading intricate patterns onto the wedding veil to match the bride's dress.
Her specialties included beading evening gowns for local celebrities and socialites.
To add a touch of elegance, she decided to bead the bodice of the costume with tiny crystals.
The delicate beading on the bodice added a surprising weight to the otherwise lightweight evening gown.
She chose to bead the hem of the skirt with dark blue glass beads for a pop of contrast against the light fabric.

String together like beads.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The memories of our childhood summers still bead together in my mind like a cherished necklace.
As I sat through the slideshow, the years of our friendship seemed to bead together effortlessly.
Experiences like these string moments together, allowing them to bead into a larger narrative.
The stories our grandparents told would often bead together into epic family sagas.
As the years pass, moments like these become threads that bead together and create the fabric of our lives.

Form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example.

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

The cold water beaded on the window, running down in rivulets as it collected.
Sweat beaded on her forehead as she worked out in the gym.
As the refrigerator defrosted, water beaded on the walls, requiring a towel to clean up the mess.
Wax beaded on the candle as it heated up in the warmer air.
Droplets of dew beaded on the grass as the morning sun touched the lawn.