pearl

n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person

v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls

n. female first name

A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living  shelled mollusk. The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and the word pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, and admirable.
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A pearl is a round shiny object produced by mollusks and used in jewelry Pearl may also refer to: People:Daniel Pearl, journalistJudea Pearl, professor, scientist, columnist, father of Daniel PearlMariane Pearl, journalist, widow of Daniel PearlMinnie PearlRaymond PearlEarl Monroe a.k.a., "The Pearl"Pearl BaileyPearl S. BuckPearl Richards Craigie
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Noun
1. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
(hypernym) jewel, gem, precious stone
(hyponym) seed pearl
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
(synonym) bone, ivory, off-white
(hypernym) white, whiteness
3. a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
(synonym) drop, bead
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) teardrop
Verb
1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together

n. Pearl Harbor, harbor in Hawaii

(v. t.)
To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.
  

(v. t. )
To fringe; to border.
  

(v. i.)
To resemble pearl or pearls.
  

(v. i.)
To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
  

(n.)
One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
  

(n.)
Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
  

(n.)
Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious.
  

(n.)
A whitish speck or film on the eye.
  

(n.)
A size of type, between agate and diamond.
  

(n.)
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. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.
  

(n.)
A light-colored tern.
  

(n.)
A fringe or border.
  

(n.)
A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
  

(n.)
A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.
  

(a.)
Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.