Meaning of pearl | Babel Free

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1. 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.
   countable, literally, uncountable
2. A unisex given name from English.
   countable, uncountable
3. A female given name from English.
   countable, uncountable
4. 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. Nacre; mother-of-pearl
5. Nacre; mother-of-pearl
6. A smooth, slightly iridescent, white or grayish rounded growth inside the shells of some mollusks. A pearl, which forms as a reaction to the presence of a foreign particle, consists of thin layers of mother-of-pearl that are deposited around the particle. The pearls of oysters are often valued as gems.
7. Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
   countable, literally, uncountable
8. A male given name from English.
   countable, rare, uncountable
9. Something precious
10. Someone or something considered exceptionally precious:gem, prize, treasure.
11. Something precious.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
12. A surname from English.
    countable, uncountable
13. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application
14. a valuable, hard, round object formed by oysters and several other shellfish. The necklace consists of three strings of pearls; (also adjective) a pearl necklace. pêrel لُؤْلُؤَه бисер pérola perla; perlový die Perle; Perlen-... perle; perle- μαργαριτάριperla pärl مروارید helmi perleפנינה मोती biser, sedef gyöngy mutiara perla perla; di perle 真珠 진주 perlas pērle mutiara parelperleperła ملغلرې pérola perlă; de perle жемчуг perla; perlový biser; biseren biser pärla ไข่มุก inci 珍珠 перлина موتي، ل...
    also adjective
15. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application.
    countable, uncountable
16. A placename:
    countable, uncountable
17. A major river in Guangdong, China; in full, the Pearl River.
    countable, uncountable
18. A whitish speck or film on the eye
19. like pearls. pearly teeth. pêrelagtig لُؤْلُؤي бисерен perolado perlový; perleťový perlenartig perleagtig μαργαριταρένιος como perlas, perlado, nacarado pärlendav مروارید مانند helmimäinen perlé כְּפְנִינָה मोतिया poput bisera gyöngyszerű seperti mutiara eins og perla perlaceo, perlato come perle 真珠のような 진주 같은 kaip perlai pērļu-; pērļains spt mutiara parelwitperle-, perleaktig perłowy دملغلرو په ډول، ملغلر وزمه como pérolas ca de sidef; ca mărgăritarul жемчужный perlový, perleťový bisernat bis...
20. A whitish speck or film on the eye.
    countable, uncountable
21. Short for Pearl River (Etymology 2): a river in Mississippi and Louisiana, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico,
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
22. a person who dives or fishes for pearls. pêrelduiker غَوّاص ловец на бисери pescador de pérolas lovec perel der/die Perlenfischer(in) perledykker ψαράς μαργαριταριών pescador de perlas pärlipüüdja صیاد مروارید helmenkalastaja pêcheur/-euse de perles שוֹלֵי פְּנִינִים मोती निकालने वाला गोताखोर lovac bisera, ronilac za biserom gyöngyhalász penyelam mutiara perlukafari pescatore di perle 真珠採り 진주조개를 채취하는 잠수부 perlų ieškotojas/gaudytojas pērļu zvejnieks penyelam mutiara parelduiker perledykker/-fis...
23. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
    countable, uncountable
24. Ellipsis of Pearl Harbor: a harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States, in the Pacific Ocean.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
25. A smooth, lustrous, variously colored mass, chiefly of calcium carbonate, formed around a grain of sand or other foreign matter inside the shell of certain bivalve mollusks and valued as a gem.
26. A light-colored tern.
    countable, uncountable
27. Something small and spherical in shape: "pearls of sweat beading on her upper lip" (Katherine Min).
28. One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
    countable, uncountable
29. Mother-of-pearl; nacre.
30. A fringe or border.
    countable, uncountable
31. One that is highly regarded for its beauty or value.
32. A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
33. Printing A type size measuring approximately five points.
    Printing
34. The clitoris.
    countable, euphemistic, figuratively, slang, uncountable, vulgar
35. Ellipsis of pearl tapioca.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
36. Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
    countable, uncountable
37. The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
    dated, uncountable
38. A jewel or gem.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl.”

“Hugh helped himself to bacon. "My dear fellow, she can think what she likes so long as she continues to grill bacon like this. Your wife is a treasure, James—a pearl amongst women; and you can tell her so with my love."”

“Boast not of your eyes; it is feared you have Balaam's disease, a pearl in your eye, Mammon's prestriction.”

“clinical pearls”

“My mouth and tongue finally find her pearl. Her clitoris.”

“Teasing her pearl she shakes in my arms, rolling her eyes and throwing the pussy at me.”

“Errol. Pearl three Escutcheons Ruby. / Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.”

“The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. The Armes of the most Noble and Puissant Lord, Edward Brabazon, Earl of Meath, and Baron of Atherdee in the Kingdom of Ireland. His Lordship's Atchievements are Quarterly of sixteen Coats. 1. Brabazon, as above. 2. Diamond, on a Chevron between three Pickaxes Pearl, as many Mullets Ruby, by the Name of Mosley. 3. Saphire, ten Bezants, 4, 3, 2, 1, by the Bisset. 4. Pearl, on a Bend Diamond, nine Annulets conjoined in three Links Topaz.”

“(1) Pearl, a Cross, Ruby, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon, Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks.”

“There is gold, and multitude of pearles: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.”

“Her Pearl!—For so had Hester called her; not as a name expressive of her aspect, which had nothing of the calm, white, unimpassioned lustre that would be indicated by the comparison. But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price,—purchased with all she had,—her mother's only treasure!”

“"What was your name?" "Pearl." Ruby and Pearl, mother and daughter. "It's an ugly name, isn't it?" "No, it isn't". And I meant it, it wasn't. "Old-fashioned, perhaps, but nice." She stared at me. "Do you know what pearls are? They're ugliness: dirt or sand gets in an oyster and the oyster coats it over so that it won't be irritating."”

“The only news of interest brought by the Calcutta and China mail is that the river Pearl, in Southern China, had been explored by a party of the British to the distance of 195 miles.”

“During these ten years the northern province of Chihli, with a population of over 32,000,000, has been inundated thrice; the Huai River running through three central provinces, with people more in number than half those of the United States, overflowed twice; the two provinces of Hunan and Kiangsi, south of the Yangtsze River, likewise densely populated, have also been inundated twice, and Shantung Province, with its teeming millions, has had its territory flooded from the outbreak of the Yellow River; while the southern rivers, the Pearl in Kwangtung Province, the Min in Fukien Province, and other streams have, during the period, more than once contributed their toll of destruction.”

“The Pearl is a river system in southern China.”

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