jewel

noun

1. 1

   A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.

2. 2

   A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.

   Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.

3. 3

   figurativeAnything precious or valuable.

   Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.

   Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.

   Had our prince,— Jewel of children,—seen this hour, he had pair'd Well with this lord: there was not full a month Between their births.

4. 4

   A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.

5. 5

   Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.

6. 6

   slangThe clitoris.

   The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.

7. 7

   informalA jewel box (optical disc container).

   As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.

verb

1. 1

   To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

Forms

plural

jewels

past tense

jeweled, jewelled

past participle

jeweled, jewelled

present participle

jeweling, jewelling

third person singular

jewels