nounπShareA precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine."My grandmother's jewelry box contained a beautiful ruby gem. "materialgeologyvalueassetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny precious or highly valued thing or person."Her dedication to her studies made her a gem of a student. "valuepersonthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAnything 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 gem of wit"artliteraturestylequalityvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA gemma or leaf-bud."The gardener carefully preserved the tiny gem, a new leaf-bud, on the rosebush. "plantbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata."The moth, a beautiful gem, fluttered around the garden. "insectanimalnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language."The student used a gem to help write their Ruby program for the computer science class. "computingtechnologytechnicalitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4Β½-point), running 222 lines to the foot."The newspaper article used a gem type size for the small print in the classified ads section. "typelanguagewritingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo adorn with, or as if with, gems."The artist meticulously gemmed the wooden sculpture with tiny, glittering rhinestones. "appearancestyleartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
