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pearl
 
Noun pearl has 3 senses
  1. pearl - a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
    --1 is a kind of     jewel, gem, precious stone
    --1 has particulars: seed pearl
    Derived form: verb pearl1
  2. bone, ivory, pearl, off-white - a shade of white the color of bleached bones
    --2 is a kind of white, whiteness
  3. drop, bead, pearl - a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
    --3 is a kind of round shape
    --3 has particulars: teardrop; dewdrop
Verb pearl has 1 sense
  1. pearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
    --1 is one way to     gather, garner, collect, pull together
    Derived forms: noun pearl1, noun pearler1
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and pearl
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