gem
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
- Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
- Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
- A gemma or leaf bud.
- A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata.
- A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
- A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
- A strong, dominating pitching performance.
- Internet content of good quality.
- A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.
- Initialism of ground-effect machine.
- Acronym of Graphite-Epoxy Motor.
Verb
- To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
Proper noun
- A ghost town in California.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- A city in Kansas.
- A diminutive of the female given name Gemma.
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