Definition of pearl

"pearl" in the noun sense

1. pearl

a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster much valued as a jewel

2. bone, ivory, pearl, off-white

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

3. drop, bead, pearl

a shape that is spherical and small

"he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"

"beads of sweat on his forehead"

"pearl" in the verb sense

1. pearl

gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

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Quotations for pearl

Liquid pearl. [ William Shakespeare ]

Make a pearl on your nail. [ Proverb ]

The eye is the pearl of the face. [ Proverb ]

Within the oyster's shell uncouth
The purest pearl may hide,
Trust me you'll find a heart of truth
Within that rough outside. [ Mrs. Osgood ]

I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. [ William Shakespeare ]

Some asked how pearls did grow, and where,
Then spoke I to my girle,
To part her lips, and showed them there
The quarrelets of pearl. [ Robert Herrick ]

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell.
And may be found too in an oyster shell. [ Bunyan ]

Now morn her rosy steps in th' eastern clime,
Advancing, sowed the earth with orient pearl. [ Milton ]

Around the neck what dross are gold and pearl! [ Young ]

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears,
No gem that, twinkling, hangs from beauty's ears,
Not the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn.
Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks
For other's woe, down virtue's manly cheeks. [ Darwin ]

Stringing the stars at random round her head,
Like a pearl network, there she sits, - bright Night! [ Philip J. Bailey ]

My heart resembles the ocean; has storm, and ebb, and flow;
And many a beautiful pearl
Lies hid in its depths below. [ Heine ]

As pure as a pearl, And as perfect; a noble and innocent girl. [ Lord Lytton ]

Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl. [ Matthew Henry ]

The pearl is the image of purity, but woman is purer than the pearl. [ Bourdon ]

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. [ Bishop Hall ]

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts. [ Saadi ]

The tear of joy is a pearl of the first water; the mourning tear, only of the second. [ Jean Paul ]

Rich honesty dwells like a miser, in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul oyster. [ William Shakespeare ]

A cock, having found a pearl, said that a grain of corn would be of more value to him. [ Pierre Leroux ]

At the bottom of the faith-sea lies the pearl of knowledge; happy the diver that finds it. [ Bodenstedt ]

What is really beautiful needs no adorning. We do not grind down the pearl upon a polishing stone. [ Sataka ]

The first tear of love that one causes to be shed is a diamond, the second a pearl, the third - a tear. [ A. Poincelot ]

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious. [ Landor ]

Marble, pearl, rose, dove, all may disappear: the pearl melts, the marble breaks, the rose fades, the bird escapes. [ T. Gautier ]

Affect not to despise beauty, no one is freed from its dominion; but regard is not a pearl of price, it is fleeting as the bow in the clouds. [ Tupper ]

There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen nor never shall be. [ Bishop Hall ]

Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day, but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. [ Bacon ]

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean - the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims. [ G. P. Morris ]

The artist is the child in the popular fable, every one of whose tears was a pearl. Ah! the world, that cruel step-mother, beats the poor child the harder to make him shed more pearls. [ Heinrich Heine ]

When thou forgivest, - the man who has pierced thy heart stands to thee in the relation of the sea-worm that perforates the shell of the mussel which straightway closes the wound with a pearl. [ Richter ]

Beauty of form affects the mind, but then it must be understood that it is not the mere shell that we admire; we are attracted by the idea that this shell is only a beautiful case adjusted to the shape and value of a still more beautiful pearl within. The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering. [ Jane Porter ]

pearl in Scrabble®

The word pearl is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pearl:

PALER
(30)
PEARL
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pearl in Words With Friends™

The word pearl is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pearl:

PALER
(51)
PEARL
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Words containing the sequence pearl

Words with pearl in them (2 words)

Words that end with pearl (2 words)

Word Growth involving pearl

Shorter words in pearl

ar ear earl

ar ear pear

pe pea pear

Longer words containing pearl

motherofpearl

pearled

pearlfish pearlfishes

pearling

pearllike

pearls

pearlwort pearlworts

pearly pearlywhite pearlywhites

spearlike