Gem

Noun

 * 1) A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
 * 2)  any precious or highly valued thing or person
 * 3) a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
 * 4)  A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
 * 5)  a gemma or leaf-bud

Verbs for Gem
adorn with—s; collect—s; cut—; discover—; display—; engrave—; fashion—; girdle with—s; mine for—s; polish—; prize—; unearth—; value—; weigh—; —delights; —glistens ; —glitters ;  —-illuminates; —scintillates; —spangles.

Thesaurus
precious stone, pride, pride and joy, prince, prize, quintessence, real man, rhinestone, ribbon, right sort, ring, roll, rough diamond, scone, semiprecious stone, soft roll, spangle, stickpin, stone, tiara, tinsel, torque, treasure, trophy, trouvaille, wampum, windfall, winner, worthy, wreathe, wristband, wristlet, Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, acceptable person, anklet, armlet, bagel, bangle, bead, beads, bejewel, beribbon, beset, bespangle, bialy, bialystoker, bijou, boast, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, bun, capital fellow, catch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, coronet, cream, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crown, crumpet, crystal, diadem, diamond, earring, elite, engrave, feather, figure, filigree, find, flag, flounce, flower, fob, garland, gem stone, gentleman, godsend, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good thing, good woman, hard roll, honest man, hot cross bun, ideal, illuminate, jewel, kaiser roll, lady, locket, marvel, masterpiece, mensch, muffin, necklace, nonpareil, nose ring, onion roll, paint, pearl, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, pick, pin, pinwheel roll, plum, plume, popover,

Etymology
ġimm, from gemma; refashioned in Middle English under the influence of Old French gemme

Pronunciation




Synonyms

 * gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also Thesaurus:gemstone

Translations

 * Arabic: جوهرة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: скъпоценен камък
 * Chinese:
 * CJKV Characters: 玉
 * Mandarin: 寶石, 宝石
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ædelsten
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Edelstein, Juwel, Kleinod
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: gemma,
 * Japanese: 宝石


 * Korean: 보석 (寶石)
 * Malay: permata
 * Marathi:
 * Old English:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: klejnot, kamień szlachetny
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, самоцвет
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: драгуљ
 * Roman: dragulj
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: дорогоцінний камінь, самоцвіт
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: дорогоцінний камінь, самоцвіт


 * Danish:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:


 * Russian: жемчужина, драгоценность
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Anagrams

 * EMG
 * meg, Meg

Noun
gem


 * 1) body

Noun

 * 1) jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Noun

 * 1) a paper clip
 * 2)  a game; part of a set

Noun

 * 1) sibling