Pearl in English
- pearl⇄adj. pearllike.
- pearl⇄adj. 1. of, like, or made of pearls.
Ex. pearl beads.
2. like mother-of-pearl; nacreous.
3. very pale, clear bluish-gray.
4. made up of small, round pieces.
Ex. pearl tapioca, pearl onions. - pearl⇄expr. cast pearls before swine, to give something very fine to a person who cannot appreciate it.
Ex. Oh I do a thankless thing, and cast pearls before swine! (Dickens). - pearl⇄noun 1. a hard, smooth, white or nearly white gem that has a soft shine like satin. Pearls are formed inside the shell of a kind of oyster, or in other similar shellfish. The secretions of calcium carbonate with layers of animal membrane around a grain o
- pearl⇄pearl (1), noun, adjective, verb.
- pearl⇄pearl (2), transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun. purl(2).
- pearl⇄v.i. to hunt or dive for pearls.
Ex. We've pearled on half-shares in the Bay (Rudyard Kipling). - pearl⇄v.t. 1. to adorn or set with or as if with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
2. to make pearly in color or luster.
3. to make like pearls in form; convert or reduce to small round pieces, as in making pearl tapioca from the ground root of th
Pearl in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Pearl in Marathi मराठी
Pearl in Sanskrit संस्कृतम्
Pearl in Sindhi سنڌي
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