GEM
\d͡ʒˈɛm], \dʒˈɛm], \dʒ_ˈɛ_m]\
Definitions of GEM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
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a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
By Princeton University
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a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
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a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A bud.
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A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
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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.
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To put forth in the form of buds.
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To adorn with gems or precious stones.
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To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
By Oddity Software
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A bud.
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A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
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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.
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To put forth in the form of buds.
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To adorn with gems or precious stones.
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To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
By Noah Webster.
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A precious stone; leaf bud; any perfect or rare object; jewel.
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To adorn with, or as with, gems.
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Gemmed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Leaf-bud: any precious stone, especially when cut: anything extremely valuable or attractive.
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To adorn with gems:-pr.p. gemming; pa.p. gemmed'.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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