Gem | |
1. n. A native or resident of the American state of Idaho. | |
2. n. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine. | |
3. n. (figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person. | |
She's an absolute gem. | |
4. n. 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 gem of wit | |
5. n. (obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud. | |
6. n. A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata. | |
7. n. (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language. | |
8. n. (printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot. | |
9. v. To adorn with, or as if with, gems. | |