pearl
IPA: pˈɝɫ
noun
- A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- (figuratively) Something precious.
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
- Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- A light-colored tern.
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- (uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
- A fringe or border.
- (obsolete) A jewel or gem.
- (figurative) A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
- (euphemistic, vulgar, slang) The clitoris.
- (heraldry) Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
- A female given name from English
- A surname.
- Particularly, the river in Guangdong, China, the major river of Canton Province in the People's Republic of China.
- Short for pearl tapioca. [Small edible balls made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.]
- A placename [A major river in southern China.]
- Ellipsis of Pearl River.: various Pearl Rivers across the world. [A major river in southern China.]
- Ellipsis of Pearl Harbor.: A harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States, in the Pacific [A placename]
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- (intransitive) To resemble pearl or pearls.
- (intransitive) To hunt for pearls
- (intransitive, surfing) To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- (intransitive, surfing) Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
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Examples of "pearl" in Sentences
- I imagine the pearl is named so because it cries out to thieves like yourself.
- A 400-grain pearl, found in the same area, now forms part of the Spanish crown jewels.
- This pearl comes from the folks at Greenpeace, with the help of their ad agency Ogilvy, from Beijing, China.
- His wife Juana soon realizes that the pearl is evil … "Throw the pearl back into the sea or it will destroy us."
- Our little ocean pearl is in the way of some industrialist aliens, known as Vogons, building an intergalactic highway.
- The phrase pearl clutching, which means being shocked by something once-salacious that should now be seen as commonplace
- BAIT: Go with a 6-inch Ultimate Gitzit (3) in pearl, rigged Texas-style with a 6/0 worm hook and 1/4-ounce bullet sinker.
- The Latin for a pearl and onion is _unio_, and the pun refers to Cleopatra giving her _pearl_ (or _onion_) to Antony in a draught of wine, or, as some say, drinking it herself in toasting her lover.
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