pearl
1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster;
much valued as a jewel (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
jewel, gem, precious stone
• Hyponyms:
seed pearl
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
bone, ivory, off-white
• Derivationally related forms:
pearly
• Hypernyms:
white, whiteness
3. a shape that is spherical and small
- he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
- beads of sweat on his forehead
• Syn:
drop, bead
• Derivationally related forms:
beady (for: bead), bead (for: bead), droplet (for: drop)
• Hypernyms:
sphere
• Hyponyms:
dewdrop, teardrop
gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
• Derivationally related forms:
pearler
• Hypernyms:
gather, garner, collect, pull together
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- In the summer they like to go out and pearl
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