Synonyms of the word pearl


PEARLBEAD - BONE - COLLECT - DROP - GARNER - GATHER - GEM - IVORY - JEWEL - OFF-WHITE - SPHERE - WHITE - WHITENESS

pearl

  • n. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the…
  • n. (figuratively) Something precious.
  • n. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application.
  • n. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
  • n. A whitish speck or film on the eye.
  • n. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
  • n. A light-colored tern.
  • n. One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
  • n. (uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as…
  • n. A fringe or border.
  • n. (obsolete) A jewel or gem.
  • v. (also figuratively) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
  • v. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains.
  • v. To resemble pearl or pearls.
  • v. To give or hunt for pearls.
  • v. (surfing) to dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.

bead

  • n. (archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
  • n. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
  • n. A small round object.
  • n. (heading) A ridge, band, or molding.
  • n. A knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
  • n. (chemistry, dated) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color…
  • n. Front sight of a gun.
  • v. (intransitive) To form into a bead.
  • v. (transitive) To apply beads to.
  • v. (transitive) To form into a bead.
  • v. (transitive) To cause beads to form on (something).

bone

  • n. (uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up…
  • n. (countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
  • n. A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
  • n. One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
  • n. Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
  • n. (figuratively) The framework of anything.
  • n. An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • n. (US, informal) A dollar.
  • n. (slang) An erect penis; a boner.
  • n. (slang) Dominoes or dice.
  • adj. Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
  • v. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
  • v. To fertilize with bone.
  • v. To put whalebone into.
  • v. (civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
  • v. (vulgar, slang, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring…
  • v. (usually with "up") To study.
  • v. To polish boots to a shiny finish.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
  • v. (carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level…
  • n. (slang) Clipping of trombone.

collect

  • v. (transitive) To gather together; amass.
  • v. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
  • v. (transitive) To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.).
  • v. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
  • v. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
  • v. (intransitive) To collect objects as a hobby.
  • v. (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
  • adj. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
  • adv. With payment due from the recipient.
  • n. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook,…

drop

  • n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
  • n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
  • n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
  • n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
  • n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
  • n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
  • n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
  • n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
  • n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
  • n. (American football) A dropped pass.
  • n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
  • n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
  • n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
  • n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
  • n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
  • n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
  • n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
  • n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
  • n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
  • n. (architecture) A gutta.
  • n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
  • n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
  • n. A drop press or drop hammer.
  • n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  • n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
  • v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
  • v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  • v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
  • v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  • v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
  • v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
  • v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
  • v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
  • v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
  • v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
  • v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
  • v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
  • v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
  • v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  • v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
  • v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
  • v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
  • v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
  • v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
  • v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
  • v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
  • v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
  • v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
  • v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
  • v. To give birth to.
  • v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  • v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

garner

  • n. A granary; a store of grain.
  • n. An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
  • v. To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
  • v. To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
  • v. (often figuratively) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact; to…
  • v. (rare) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.

gather

  • v. To collect; normally separate things.
  • v. To bring parts of a whole closer.
  • v. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
  • v. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus.
  • v. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  • v. To gain; to win.
  • n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  • n. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  • n. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
  • n. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

gem

  • n. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
  • n. (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person.
  • n. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its…
  • n. (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud.
  • n. a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
  • n. (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
  • n. (uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point),…
  • v. (transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

ivory

  • n. (uncountable) The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
  • n. A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.
  • n. Something made from or resembling ivory.
  • n. (collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
  • n. (collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
  • n. (slang) A white person.
  • adj. Made of ivory.
  • adj. Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

jewel

  • n. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
  • n. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones;…
  • n. (figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
  • n. A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
  • n. (slang) The clitoris.
  • v. To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

off-white

  • n. A very pale colour that is almost white.
  • adj. Of a very pale colour that is almost white.

sphere

  • n. (mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure…
  • n. A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
  • n. (astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow…
  • n. (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to…
  • n. (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
  • n. (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
  • n. (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology)…
  • n. (logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which…
  • v. (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
  • v. (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.

white

  • adj. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
  • adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  • adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
  • adj. Relatively light or pale in colour.
  • adj. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
  • adj. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
  • adj. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
  • adj. (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong…
  • adj. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
  • adj. Honourable, fair; decent.
  • adj. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
  • adj. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
  • adj. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
  • adj. (politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
  • adj. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
  • adj. (typography) Not containing characters; see white space.
  • adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said…
  • n. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
  • n. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  • n. The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
  • n. (anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
  • n. Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.
  • n. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) White wine.
  • n. (slang) Cocaine.
  • n. (archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which…
  • n. The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
  • n. A white pigment.
  • v. (transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

whiteness

  • n. The state of being white.

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