Gem

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  • noun. A pearl or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something that is valued for its beauty or perfection.
  • noun. A beloved or highly prized person.
  • noun. A type of muffin.
  • transitive verb. To adorn with gems.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A bud; especially, a leaf-bud. See gemma, 1.
  • noun. A precious stone of any kind, as the diamond, ruby, topaz, emerald, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornamental purposes; a jewel.
  • noun. Something likened to a gem; a beautiful, splendid, or costly object.
  • noun. In entomology, the small geometrid moth Camptogramma fluviata: an English collectors' name.
  • To put forth in buds; bud.
  • To adorn with gems, jewels, or precious stones.
  • To bespangle; embellish or adorn as if with gems: as, foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
  • noun. The name given by English type-founders to a body of type that is intermediate between brilliant and diamond.
  • noun. A cake made with flour or corn meal, sometimes sweetened, and usually baked in a sheet of small, shallow pans.
  • To exploit in searching for gems; search for gems in: as, the right to gem a river or a tract of land.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bud.
  • noun. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
  • noun. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
  • noun. an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.
  • transitive verb. To put forth in the form of buds.
  • transitive verb. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
  • transitive verb. To embellish or adorn, as with gems.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
  • noun. any precious or highly valued thing or person
  • noun. a gemma or leaf-bud
  • noun. a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
  • noun. A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
  • verb. To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
  • noun. a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
  • noun. art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
  • noun. a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
  • noun. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry