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JEWEL
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Irregular inflected forms: jewelled , jewelling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
Synonyms:
gem; jewel; precious stone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jewel" is a kind of...):
jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jewel"):
crown jewel (a precious stone that is a valuable part of a sovereign's regalia)
solitaire (a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself)
diamond (a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem)
ruby (a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem)
pearl (a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel)
emerald (a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem)
sapphire (a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem)
Derivation:
jewel (adorn or decorate with precious stones)
jeweler (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
jeweler (someone who makes jewelry)
jeweller (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
jeweller (someone who makes jewelry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
Synonyms:
gem; jewel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jewel" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adorn or decorate with precious stones
Example:
jeweled dresses
Synonyms:
bejewel; jewel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "jewel" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
jewel (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)
jeweler (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
jeweler (someone who makes jewelry)
jeweller (someone in the business of selling jewelry)
jeweller (someone who makes jewelry)
jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
Context examples:
“Ha, ha!” cried the pardoner, shaking a jewelled forefinger.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You will be glad to hear (inclining his head, and whispering seriously) that my uncle means to give her all my aunt's jewels.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
You will have another jewel of a day coming earlier in the month, not quite as dramatic (although I admit, I am splitting hairs here).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
She was dressed in green silk gauze and wore upon her flowing green locks a crown of jewels.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Every woollen filament of our garments, every hair of our heads and faces, was jewelled with a crystal globule.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
By this time the whole anchorage had fallen into shadow—the last rays, I remember, falling through a glade of the wood and shining bright as jewels on the flowery mantle of the wreck.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He’s a jewel.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And although her husband received her with all possible kindness, and without the least reproach, she soon after contrived to steal down again, with all her jewels, to the same gallant, and has not been heard of since.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
No sound, no heat, no movement came from it, but still the great luminous curtain glowed before us, silvering all the cave and turning the sand to powdered jewels, until as we drew closer it discovered a circular edge.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was running on, very fast indeed, when my eyes rested on little Em'ly's face, which was bent forward over the table, listening with the deepest attention, her breath held, her blue eyes sparkling like jewels, and the colour mantling in her cheeks.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
