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Definition of gem in English: gemnounPlural gems dʒɛm 1A precious or semi-precious stone, especially when cut and polished or engraved. a pagoda embellished with precious gems Example sentencesExamples - The cave was glimmering with the shining gems and precious jewels that were collected over the centuries.
- On display are approximately two hundred examples of semiprecious and precious gems, decorative stones, and outstanding pieces of jewelry.
- In recent years there has been a flurry of headlines about prospecting companies coming to the Highlands in search of precious gems.
- Now I have absolutely nothing to do with crystals, gems and precious stones whatsoever: my thing is fire magic at new moon.
- The first encounter many will have with the diamond and precious gems industry will be in the plush backroom of a high-street jewellers.
- The throne sat in the center, a large, cushioned armchair studded with many a precious and semi-precious gem.
- Members were instructed in the various settings of precious stones and gems.
- Once the domain of royalty, precious gems have today become a part of almost everyone's jewellery.
- A good example would be the fourteen precious gems.
- Others made from precious gems appear lighter.
- Faberge's ingenious use of enamelling on gold and silver, his stone cutting and use of precious gems, made his imperial Easter eggs works of art.
- Diamonds and precious gems littered the ground like pebbles.
- Most of us don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a fancy night or weekend trip, precious gems, or expensive high society gifts to impress our loved one.
- Likewise, no true pleasure is attained from gems and precious stones, although admittedly a false sense of joy may be felt.
- These ornaments are made in silver, and precious and semi-precious gems are used to embellish them.
- Inside the red box was a diamond necklace, engraved with several other precious gems.
- On top of the stone, a circle of precious gems and minerals formed a ring around a pool of water.
- There were also several polished gems and stones, each serving a different purpose, along with many partially burnt candles.
- Take an extraordinary artistic heritage, the luxury of precious metals and priceless gems and an environment that can make even the most jaded shopper quiver with excitement.
- They reflect and refract the light, giving the depth and luminosity of a precious gem.
Synonyms jewel, precious stone, semi-precious stone, stone, solitaire, brilliant, baguette, cabochon archaic bijou - 1.1 Used in names of some brilliantly coloured hummingbirds, e.g. mountain gem.
2An outstanding person or thing. this architectural gem of a palace Example sentencesExamples - Each song on the trio's final disc is a pop gem, but they've all been on previous albums.
- One of the city's architectural gems is to be restored to glory by a multi-million pound revamp - but some of Manchester's oldest trees will be felled in the process.
- Having such a precious gem as the Olympics hanging around gives a fulcrum to the leverage of dissent.
- The clubhouse in the mountains is a little gem of rustic Spanish charm, with great food and friendly staff ready to ply you with refreshing copas of champagne and plates of Serrano ham after your labours.
- His ‘unique’ spoken phrasing has been applied to pop gems before, but this thing's a bit different and more personal.
- The most brilliant of the gems are by the lesser known artists.
- The cathedral is now a vibrant and living component of the cultural and religious life of Waterford city and is one of our most treasured architectural gems.
- This gem of a book explores the ways in which animals control and utilize body heat.
- One of the commentators (I wish I knew his name) offered a gem that went something like this.
- Some are songs that other bands now play, but, in his hands, they emerge as individual gems glimmering in the brilliance of his unique arrangements.
- But in the midst of this relentless repression, there were rare, precious gems of resistance gleaming out from the melancholy.
- Now you can find all of these wonderful pop gems living in a different world.
- It's a little gem of the recent morphometric literature.
- Beside the architectural and historical gems, there's another side to the town: it is a centre for alternative therapies.
- Buried within lengthy scientific explanations of pigment manufacture are gems of information and insight into colour and its history in art.
- With over 400 miles of ground to cover, you'll have time to stop at all of the special places that make this byway such a gem.
- Undoubtedly you will be treated to some gems, some brilliant bits of repartee, the occasional burst of intellectual fireworks.
- The school was bought by the parish council for use by the people - not because it was considered an architectural gem, or for sentimental reasons.
- A meeting is being organised to set up a civic trust or society to preserve the city's architectural gems and encourage stunning modern designs.
- It was a tayra, a large, weasel-like mustelid, one of the real gems of New World rainforests.
Synonyms best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect outstanding example, shining example, perfect example of its kind, model, epitome, archetype, ideal, exemplar, nonpareil, paradigm, embodiment, personification, quintessence, standard, prototype, apotheosis, acme informal one in a million, the bee's knees, something else, the tops
verbgems, gemmed, gemming dʒɛm [with object]usually as adjective gemmedliterary Decorate with or as with gems. tiny drops of sweat gemmed his forehead Example sentencesExamples - The alter was made of pearl white marble and the crosses and decor made out of gold and silver, gemmed with precious and semi-precious stones.
- Their cheeks are gemmed with tears lit pink in the coming sun.
- With the gemmed undergarments being worth a reputed £10,000, to not show them to anybody would be even more pointless than making them in the first place.
- With this idea he hastened to the florist's and purchased a bouquet that was still gemmed with the morning dew-drops.
- Because he squirmed in protest as she tried to remove his gilded, gemmed gauntlets, she had to leave them on.
Derivatives adjective Rob stared, in awe, his eyes large and glassy and gem-like. Example sentencesExamples - They were prized for their gem-like precision and detail.
- Set, gem-like, between the mountains and the sea, Cape Town is a spectacular city.
- Its 14 gem-like songs remain true to the deepest traditions of fado, the breathtakingly lyrical and melancholic music of Portugal.
- They walked on together, sad and silent, and came thus to the marble fountain and to its pool of water on the ground, in the midst of which grew the shrub that bore gem-like blossoms.
adjective ˈdʒɛmi These crystals, ranging in size from less than 2.5 cm to 10 cm across, have been found with fine, gemmy smoky quartz crystals from a few centimeters to over 30 cm long. Example sentencesExamples - Their color was blue to purple, with some crystals having gemmy areas.
- In the first two years of mining, forty-three pockets have been discovered, two of which have produced large gemmy crystals of tourmaline rivaling the best material that Mount Mica has produced in its 185-year record.
- As the name implies, these crystals are white and opaque in the center but have gemmy transparent edges and corners.
- When any new material appears in quantity - especially something as exciting as these gemmy and perfect crystals - there is always speculation about where it comes from.
Origin Old English gim, from Latin gemma 'bud, jewel'; influenced in Middle English by Old French gemme. Rhymes ahem, Belém, Clem, condemn, contemn, crème de la crème, em, hem, Jem, LibDem, phlegm, pro tem, rem, Shem, stem, them noundʒɛmjem 1A precious or semiprecious stone, especially when cut and polished or engraved. Example sentencesExamples - There were also several polished gems and stones, each serving a different purpose, along with many partially burnt candles.
- Most of us don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a fancy night or weekend trip, precious gems, or expensive high society gifts to impress our loved one.
- A good example would be the fourteen precious gems.
- Members were instructed in the various settings of precious stones and gems.
- On display are approximately two hundred examples of semiprecious and precious gems, decorative stones, and outstanding pieces of jewelry.
- Inside the red box was a diamond necklace, engraved with several other precious gems.
- Others made from precious gems appear lighter.
- Now I have absolutely nothing to do with crystals, gems and precious stones whatsoever: my thing is fire magic at new moon.
- Once the domain of royalty, precious gems have today become a part of almost everyone's jewellery.
- The throne sat in the center, a large, cushioned armchair studded with many a precious and semi-precious gem.
- The first encounter many will have with the diamond and precious gems industry will be in the plush backroom of a high-street jewellers.
- These ornaments are made in silver, and precious and semi-precious gems are used to embellish them.
- On top of the stone, a circle of precious gems and minerals formed a ring around a pool of water.
- Take an extraordinary artistic heritage, the luxury of precious metals and priceless gems and an environment that can make even the most jaded shopper quiver with excitement.
- Likewise, no true pleasure is attained from gems and precious stones, although admittedly a false sense of joy may be felt.
- They reflect and refract the light, giving the depth and luminosity of a precious gem.
- Faberge's ingenious use of enamelling on gold and silver, his stone cutting and use of precious gems, made his imperial Easter eggs works of art.
- In recent years there has been a flurry of headlines about prospecting companies coming to the Highlands in search of precious gems.
- The cave was glimmering with the shining gems and precious jewels that were collected over the centuries.
- Diamonds and precious gems littered the ground like pebbles.
Synonyms jewel, precious stone, semi-precious stone, stone, solitaire, brilliant, baguette, cabochon - 1.1 A person or thing considered to be outstandingly good or special in some respect.
this architectural gem of a palace Example sentencesExamples - One of the city's architectural gems is to be restored to glory by a multi-million pound revamp - but some of Manchester's oldest trees will be felled in the process.
- A meeting is being organised to set up a civic trust or society to preserve the city's architectural gems and encourage stunning modern designs.
- It's a little gem of the recent morphometric literature.
- The most brilliant of the gems are by the lesser known artists.
- The clubhouse in the mountains is a little gem of rustic Spanish charm, with great food and friendly staff ready to ply you with refreshing copas of champagne and plates of Serrano ham after your labours.
- Now you can find all of these wonderful pop gems living in a different world.
- Buried within lengthy scientific explanations of pigment manufacture are gems of information and insight into colour and its history in art.
- The school was bought by the parish council for use by the people - not because it was considered an architectural gem, or for sentimental reasons.
- Having such a precious gem as the Olympics hanging around gives a fulcrum to the leverage of dissent.
- With over 400 miles of ground to cover, you'll have time to stop at all of the special places that make this byway such a gem.
- His ‘unique’ spoken phrasing has been applied to pop gems before, but this thing's a bit different and more personal.
- But in the midst of this relentless repression, there were rare, precious gems of resistance gleaming out from the melancholy.
- This gem of a book explores the ways in which animals control and utilize body heat.
- Undoubtedly you will be treated to some gems, some brilliant bits of repartee, the occasional burst of intellectual fireworks.
- The cathedral is now a vibrant and living component of the cultural and religious life of Waterford city and is one of our most treasured architectural gems.
- Each song on the trio's final disc is a pop gem, but they've all been on previous albums.
- Beside the architectural and historical gems, there's another side to the town: it is a centre for alternative therapies.
- Some are songs that other bands now play, but, in his hands, they emerge as individual gems glimmering in the brilliance of his unique arrangements.
- It was a tayra, a large, weasel-like mustelid, one of the real gems of New World rainforests.
- One of the commentators (I wish I knew his name) offered a gem that went something like this.
Synonyms best, finest, pride, prize, treasure, glory, wonder, flower, pearl, jewel, the jewel in the crown, masterpiece, chef-d'œuvre, leading light, pick, choice, paragon, prime, cream, the crème de la crème, elite, elect - 1.2 Used in names of some brilliantly colored hummingbirds, e.g., mountain gem.
verbdʒɛmjem [with object]usually as adjective gemmedliterary Decorate with or as with gems. Example sentencesExamples - Because he squirmed in protest as she tried to remove his gilded, gemmed gauntlets, she had to leave them on.
- With this idea he hastened to the florist's and purchased a bouquet that was still gemmed with the morning dew-drops.
- Their cheeks are gemmed with tears lit pink in the coming sun.
- The alter was made of pearl white marble and the crosses and decor made out of gold and silver, gemmed with precious and semi-precious stones.
- With the gemmed undergarments being worth a reputed £10,000, to not show them to anybody would be even more pointless than making them in the first place.
Origin Old English gim, from Latin gemma ‘bud, jewel’; influenced in Middle English by Old French gemme. |