перл — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pearl noun A smooth, rounded gem formed inside the shell of certain oysters and mollusks, prized for jewelry.
Senses
перл is used for these senses in English:
- brain fart (figuratively, slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Something ill-considered and said or done impulsively.
- pearl (literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- pearl (figuratively) Something precious.
pearl — full definition
- noun A smooth, rounded gem formed inside the shell of certain oysters and mollusks, prized for jewelry.
- verb Surfing slang: for the nose of a surfboard to dip underwater, usually causing a wipeout.