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Definition of 'gem'English
(gemstone)
Noun
( en-noun)
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
- (Milton)
* {{quote-magazine|date=2012-03
|author=Lee A. Groat
|title=Gemstones
|volume=100|issue=2|page=128
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|passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems , among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
(figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person
- She's an absolute gem .
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
- a gem of wit
(obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
* Denham
- From the joints of thy prolific stem / A swelling knot is raised called a gem .
a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
Synonyms
* (precious stone) gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also
Verb
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
* {{quote-book|year=1827|author=Various|title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven
* {{quote-book|year=1872|author=J. Fenimore Cooper|title=The Bravo|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=Above was the firmament, gemmed with worlds, and sublime in immensity. }}
* {{quote-book|year=1920|author=John Freeman|title=Poems New and Old|chapter=|edition= citation
|passage=The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again As I brushed past, and gemmed the window pane. }}
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Similar to 'gem'gym, gum, gam, gaum, gom, gm, gsm, gawm, geum, gim, goom, goam
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