GEM

gem, treasure

(noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

jewel, gem, precious stone

(noun) a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

muffin, gem

(noun) a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

jewel, gem

(noun) a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

gem, gemstone, stone

(noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; “he had the gem set in a ring for his wife”; “she had jewels made of all the rarest stones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

Gem (plural Gems)

A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.

Proper noun

Gem

A ghost town in California.

An unincorporated community in Indiana.

A city in Kansas.

Anagrams

• EGM, EMG, MEG, MGE, Meg, meg, meg-

Noun

GEM (plural GEMs)

Initialism of ground-effect machine.

Anagrams

• EGM, EMG, MEG, MGE, Meg, meg, meg-

Etymology

Noun

gem (plural gems)

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

(figuratively) 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.

(obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.

A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.

(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

(uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.

Synonyms

• (precious stone): gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also gemstone

Verb

gem (third-person singular simple present gems, present participle gemming, simple past and past participle gemmed)

(transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

Synonyms

• begem

Anagrams

• EGM, EMG, MEG, MGE, Meg, meg, meg-

Source: Wiktionary

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Gem, n. Etym: [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A bud. From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Denham.

2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. Milton.

3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.

Gem v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gemmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gemming]

1. To put forth in the form of buds. "Gemmed their blossoms." [R.] Milton.

2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.

3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces. W. Irving.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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