ALL meanings of pearl
pearl
P p - noun pearl jewel from an oyster shell 1
- adjective pearl made of pearls 1
- noun plural pearl pearl jewellery 1
- adjective pearl off-white in colour 1
- noun pearl very fine 1
- noun pearl off-white colour 1
- noun plural pearl small bead of cosmetics 1
- noun Definition of pearl in Technology 1. (language, mathematics) A language for constructive mathematics developed by Constable at Cornell University in the 1980s. 2. (language, real-time) Process and Experiment Automation Real-Time Language. 3. (language, education) One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). Compare Brilliant, Diamond, Nonpareil, Ruby. 4. (language) A multilevel language developed by Brian Randell ca 1970 and mentioned in "Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages", W. van der Poel, N-H 1974. 5. (language, tool, history) An obsolete term for Larry Wall's PERL programming language, which never fell into common usage other than in typographical errors. The missing 'a' remains as an atrophied remnant in the expansion "Practical Extraction and Report Language". 1
- noun pearl a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11). 1
- noun pearl one of a series of small loops along the edge of lace braid. 1
- noun pearl thread made of twisted gold or silver wire. 1
- verb with object pearl to adorn or stud with or as with pearls. 1
- verb with object pearl to make like pearls, as in form or color. 1
- verb without object pearl to dive, fish, or search for pearls. 1
- verb without object pearl to assume a pearllike form or appearance. 1
- adjective pearl resembling a pearl in form or color. 1
- adjective pearl of or relating to pearls: pearl diving. 1
- adjective pearl set with a pearl or pearls or covered or inlaid with pearls or mother-of-pearl: a pearl necklace. 1
- adjective pearl having or reduced to small, rounded grains. 1
- idioms pearl cast pearls before swine, to offer or give something of great value to those incapable of appreciating it: She read them Shakespeare but it was casting pearls before swine. 1
- countable noun pearl A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and usually creamy-white in colour. Pearls grow inside the shell of an oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery. 0
- adjective pearl Pearl is used to describe something which looks like a pearl. 0
- noun pearl a hard smooth lustrous typically rounded structure occurring on the inner surface of the shell of a clam or oyster: consists of calcium carbonate secreted in layers around an invading particle such as a sand grain; much valued as a gem 0
- noun pearl any artificial gem resembling this 0
- noun pearl a person or thing that is like a pearl, esp in beauty or value 0
- noun pearl a pale greyish-white colour, often with a bluish tinge 0
- noun pearl a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 5 point 0
- adjective pearl of, made of, or set with pearl or mother-of-pearl 0
- adjective pearl having the shape or colour of a pearl 0
- verb pearl to set with or as if with pearls 0
- verb pearl to shape into or assume a pearl-like form or colour 0
- verb pearl to dive or search for pearls 0
- noun pearl a feminine name 0
- noun pearl river in central Miss., flowing south into the Gulf of Mexico: 490 mi (789 km) 0
- noun pearl Zhu 0
- noun pearl a smooth, hard, usually white or bluish-gray body of varied but usually roundish shape that is an abnormal nacreous growth within the shell of some oysters and certain other bivalve mollusks and forms around a grain of sand, a parasite, or some other foreign object: it is used as a gem 0
- noun pearl mother-of-pearl 0
- noun pearl any person or thing regarded as like a pearl in some way, as in size, shape, color, beauty, value, etc. 0
- noun pearl the color of some pearls, a bluish gray 0
- verb transitive pearl to adorn or cover with pearls or pearl-like drops 0
- verb transitive pearl to make like a pearl in shape 0
- intransitive verb pearl to fish for pearl-bearing mollusks, esp. oysters 0
- adjective pearl of or having pearls 0
- adjective pearl like a pearl in shape or color 0
- adjective pearl made of mother-of-pearl 0
- abbreviation PEARL purl2 0