Gill

Noun

 * 1)  A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
 * 2)  A gill slit or gill cover.
 * Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.
 * 1)  One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
 * 2)  The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
 * 3)  The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.

Synonyms

 * lamella

Derived terms

 * to the gills

Noun

 * 1) A drink measure for spirits and wine.  Size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint.
 * 2)  A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.

Noun

 * 1)  A rivulet.
 * 2)  A ravine.

Verbs for Gill
breathe with—; —; expand—; inhale through— admits; —flaps; ceives; —sucks; close—; cuff—; draw into furnish with—; stroke—; —; strain—; —absorbs; — —inhales; —quivers; —reswells.

Thesaurus
Dulcinea, adolescent stream, arroyo, beck, bellows, best girl, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, channel, creek, crick, ctenidia, dale, dell, dingle, dream girl, flowing stream, fluviation, fresh, freshet, gap, gills, girl, girl friend, glen, grove, inamorata, intervale, jill, jo, kill, lady, lady love, lass, lassie, lazy stream, lights, lunar rill, lungs, meandering stream, midchannel, midstream, millstream, mistress, moving road, navigable river, old lady, pass, race, racing stream, ravine, river, rivulet, run, rundle, runlet, runnel, sike, spill stream, strath, stream, stream action, streamlet, subterranean river, trench, trough, vale, valley, wadi, watercourse, waterway

Etymology 1
From gile:, from  giolnar:

Etymology 2
From gille:, from  gillo:

Pronunciation

 * , Homophone: Jill
 * , Homophone: Jill

Etymology 3
From gille:, from  gil:

Noun

 * Albanian: verzë
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: qəlsəmə
 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tálkn
 * Indonesian:


 * Macedonian: жабра,
 * Norwegian: gjelle
 * Polish: skrzele
 * Portuguese: brânquia
 * Russian: жабры
 * Scottish Gaelic: giùran
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, branquia
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: solungaç
 * Volapük:


 * Finnish: (cover),  (slit)


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish: blaszka


 * Russian: гимениальная пластинка
 * Spanish: laminilla
 * Swedish: lamell
 * Turkish: lamel