to pearl
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7.2
- verb
- /pɜrl/
:
formar gotitas
- Her forehead was pearling with sweat after the intense workout.
Examples
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Hey, you know, we should know this dropping pearls of wisdom that fall flat and it fall flat.
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To layer the grit until it pearls, knotted around your neck.
Fiction book (1993) -
The condensation on the glass started to pearl as the temperature dropped.
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As he wiped the table, droplets of water began to pearl on the surface.
Synonyms
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6.6
To form small rounded drops of liquid on a surface
Compounds
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3.7
A harbor in Hawaii where a United States navy base was attacked by Japan in 1941
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6.0
A smooth shiny layer inside some shells that shows rainbow colours and is used for decoration
- Offensive
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9.9
An exaggerated show of shock or moral anger about something seen as wrong
- Specialized
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6.5
A very small imperfect round bead made by an oyster and used in jewelry
A high cloud that looks shiny with rainbow colors around sunrise or after sunset
- Archaic
A white powder made from wood ashes that people used long ago for baking and soap making
- Offensive
Being easily shocked and disapproving of things other people find normal
How Beaded
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6.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pearl meaning to form small rounded drops comes from the look of tiny, round pearls. When water makes small round drops on a surface, it looks like many little pearls, so we call that 'pearling'.