gems

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Any precious or highly valued thing or person.

    She's an absolute gem.
  3. 3

    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
  4. 4

    A gemma or leaf-bud.

  5. 5

    A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

verb

  1. 1

    To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

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