- pearl⇄adj. pearllike.
- pearl⇄adj. 1. of, like, or made of pearls.
Ex. pearl beads.
2. like mother-of-pearl; nacreous.
3. very pale, clear bluish-gray.
4. made up of small, round pieces.
Ex. pearl tapioca, pearl onions. - pearl⇄expr. cast pearls before swine, to give something very fine to a person who cannot appreciate it.
Ex. Oh I do a thankless thing, and cast pearls before swine! (Dickens). - pearl⇄noun 1. a hard, smooth, white or nearly white gem that has a soft shine like satin. Pearls are formed inside the shell of a kind of oyster, or in other similar shellfish. The secretions of calcium carbonate with layers of animal membrane around a grain o
- pearl⇄pearl (1), noun, adjective, verb.
- pearl⇄pearl (2), transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun. purl(2).
- pearl⇄v.i. to hunt or dive for pearls.
Ex. We've pearled on half-shares in the Bay (Rudyard Kipling). - pearl⇄v.t. 1. to adorn or set with or as if with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
2. to make pearly in color or luster.
3. to make like pearls in form; convert or reduce to small round pieces, as in making pearl tapioca from the ground root of th