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verb(pearl)to set or adorn with pearls
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verb(pearl)to sprinkle or bead with pearly drops
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verb(pearl)to form into small round grains
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noun(pearl)a dense variously colored and usually lustrous concretion formed of concentric layers of mother-of-pearl as an abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks and used as a gem
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noun(pearl)mother-of-pearl
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noun(pearl)one that is very choice or precious
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noun(pearl)picot
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idiom(pearl)to give or offer something valuable to someone who does not understand its value
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noun(pearl)a usually very small pearl produced by a freshwater mollusk
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noun(pearl)the hard pearly iridescent substance forming the inner layer of a mollusk shell
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noun(pearl)a very small and often irregular pearl
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noun(pearl)minute pearls imbedded in some binding material
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biographical name(pearl)Pearl 1892—1973 néeSydenstricker American novelist
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noun(pearl)a wise word or statement —often humorous